A cow peers out from a pasture on a ranch near Cremona, Alta. China has suspended all Canadian meat exports in a dramatic escalation of its diplomatic dispute with Canada over the December arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.
Chinese inspection standards have remained little changed in recent years, he noted, and exports of Canadian meat have “worked well for all of these years. Then suddenly something like this happens.” Asked about the meat ban, foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said “relevant Chinese authorities act in accordance with laws and regulations. We hope the Canadian side attaches great importance to the fake certificate case, completes the investigation as soon as possible and takes effective rectification measures to ensure the safety of food exported to China.”“We ask the Canadian side to take China’s concerns seriously, immediately release Ms.
In the first four months of this year, China imported $310-million of pork from Canada, roughly 22 per cent of the export total. It imported a further 6 per cent of beef in that time, worth nearly $64-million.