# McCallum to play key role as Canada seeks to expand trade with China - The Globe and Mail

> Prime Minister Trudeau named John McCallum, a former bank economist, as Canada's ambassador to China in a cabinet shuffle. He is expected to help expand trade ties and advance a possible free trade agreement with China.

- Date: 2017-01-10 · published 2017-01-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72964-mccallum-to-play-key-role-as-canada-seeks-to-expand-trade-with-china-the-globe
- Commodities: [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Improved Canada-China diplomacy could ease trade frictions that affected canola and meal exports, but any tariff or market effect is speculative and far off.

## Read by commodity

- CANMEAL: neutral

## Sources

- theglobeandmail.com: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/mccallum-to-play-key-role-as-canada-seeks-to-expand-trade-with-china/article33568091/

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