# Canadian canola spat shows China has 'ways of hurting' trade partners for political ends | CBC News

> CBC reports Canadian canola shipments to China, worth $2.7 billion last year, have been halted at Chinese ports over alleged pests, with ships stuck offshore and import licences suspended. Diplomats link the ban to the diplomatic dispute over the arrest of a Huawei executive.

- Date: 2019-04-12 · published 2019-04-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region China · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59566-canadian-canola-spat-shows-china-has-ways-of-hurting-trade-partners-for
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Stranded cargoes and suspended licences cut a major export outlet for canola seed, bearish for Canadian canola and supportive of competing oilseed meals.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CANMEAL: bearish ▼
- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2016-12-06 | [OPEC news good for Aussie canola \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73561-opec-news-good-for-aussie-canola-farm-online-act.md) | -1.2% | -3.6% |
| SOY | 2025-10-23 | [Soybean, corn futures touch 1-month highs as crude oil soars — TradingView News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22424-soybean-corn-futures-touch-1-month-highs-as-crude-oil-soars-tradingview-news.md) | +4.4% | +9.8% |
| SOY | 2026-09-07 | [SunSirs: Soybean Meal Futures Strengthen on Mixed Bullish Factors of China, Watch for Correction Risks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17558-sunsirs-soybean-meal-futures-strengthen-on-mixed-bullish-factors-of-china-watch.md) | -0.7% | -1.0% |
| SOY | 2022-04-22 | [Winds Of War, Drought Push New-Crop Corn, Soybean Prices Higher](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13368-winds-of-war-drought-push-new-crop-corn-soybean-prices-higher.md) | -2.4% | -3.3% |
| SOY | 2022-02-24 | [Food inflation risks balloon as prices of wheat to palm oil soar \| INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY NEWS - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9675-food-inflation-risks-balloon-as-prices-of-wheat-to-palm-oil-soar-international.md) | +0.1% | +2.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-10-26 | [Stocks, ringgit slip as political tension weighs \| Malaysiakini](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50889-stocks-ringgit-slip-as-political-tension-weighs-malaysiakini.md) | +0.6% | +13.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-07-21 | [China's rapeseed oil rally drives widening spread with other edible oils](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52098-china-s-rapeseed-oil-rally-drives-widening-spread-with-other-edible-oils.md) | +0.4% | +8.7% |

## Sources

- cbc.ca: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canadian-canola-spat-shows-china-has-ways-of-hurting-trade-partners-for-political-ends-1.5095600
- foodnavigator.com: https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2019/04/12/Study-links-EU-diet-to-deforestation-footprint-in-the-tropics/

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