Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, board director at the China Strategic Risk Institute and former senior Canadian government official, discusses Prime Minister Carney's upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the APEC Summit. She examines the risks of Canada pursuing closer trade ties with China, while warning that such moves could undermine Canada and invite Chinese leverage over Canadian policy on Taiwan, Uyghur human rights, and critical infrastructure.

She also addresses the striking shift in Canadian public opinion, with more Canadians now viewing the U.S. as an enemy than China, and critiques the lack of progress on addressing Chinese foreign interference in Canada.

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[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yea of course they’ll use this power shift to their advantage. Just like we’re being taken advantage of by our old partner. No one should expect different from the two largest economies and military powers.

But it is what must be done now. It’s better to even the reliance on them rather than concentrate on one. This is exactly what Brazil has done better than everyone else in the last decade and the result shows. Trump tried to escalate, but tariffs just aren’t hitting as hard and the country easily shifted their relationship. Canada integrated its economy to the US and now will need life threatening surgery to change course.