
A Canada West Foundation special report reviews a year of deteriorating China-Canada relations. It cites the arrest of a Huawei executive, the blocked Aecon takeover, and Chinese retaliation including detained citizens and trade actions.
The report says the relationship will be a major policy challenge for the next year.
Ongoing political tension raises the risk of further Chinese trade restrictions on Canadian agricultural goods. This keeps a risk premium on Canadian oilseed and meat exports to China.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.