It is quite easy to say look over there - condemn the US for hypocrisy of them calling out condemnable offences in other countries. But not being able to condemn countries who do bad things is odd.
It is easier surely to say country A did something wrong as did country B.
Canada totally reliant on China? Are you serious? 80% of all trade goes directly to USA. Canada trade to China at most makes up 10%. Trudeau wanted to expand trade to China so that it isn't reliant on USA but the Meng affair pretty much killed that and also the America started getting more protectionist during the Trump era.
China never flinched because the US did not apply full pressure of economic sanctions. Mainly not to hurt its support in Hong Kong. If you want to see full economic sanctions look no further than to North Korea economy.
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3150315/china-electricity-shortage-industrial-production-grinds-halt
Both sanctions and boycotts are a double-edged sword. Trade is usually mutually beneficial.
Also not a fan of the long arm of US law and everyone being deputised into enforcement, but they have gone after everyone from Goldman in the U.S. to small companies in Singapore, it’s exceedingly disingenuous even if sincerely and mistakenly believing that Meng was necessarily “targeted”, but much more so that the timing of the sudden seizure and medical parole of the two Canadians could be justified by anything other than rule by law (i.e. politics) rather than rule of law, regardless of the merits (most likely lacking) of their own individual cases. Does it seem like due process when Meng gets a choice after following U.S. and Canada legal procedures and Kovrig+Spavor have no say in what happens to them? Ridiculous the lengths nationalists will go to defend the indefensible.
Of course trade is mutually beneficial. Like I said before, Apple built their empire off slavery in China.
My point is, Canada and other countries won't stop trade completely. Regardless of hk, Taiwan, Xinjiang, etc.
These sanction bluffs are just for show. Greed and money comes first. For everyone.
Actually if we want to talk about trade, Australia is a lot more dependent on China's market compared to Canada. Yet one can argue Canberra has been much more openly courageous in calling out China. The Aussies didn't flinch when faced with Beijing's sanctions. While Ottawa has been relatively quiet in comparison.
Last edited by Coolboy; 28-09-2021 at 10:13 PM.