Volpe said he has personally negotiated with Chinese automakers in the past, encouraging them to build in Canada. But that dialogue collapsed after China arrested Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig in 2018.

“They pulled out when we pushed back,” he said, referencing the diplomatic freeze that followed the “Two Michaels” incident.

This small episode is another good example why China is not a reliable partner.

It would be a catastrophe for Canadians as China seeks to exploit trade opportunities with other countries while at the same time protect its home markets through a wide range of measures no Western country has ever done. Just look at China’s trade balances, for example, and you see what happens. But I guess not all people want to see the truth.

Ah, another pseudo-intellectual. Thanks for your contribution.

This is really amazing. I have been here in the Lemmyverse only for quite a short period of time, but whenever someone posts something critical of China, they are whatabouted to death. You can be critical of the US, EU, UK, Australia, and anyone and anything else, but not China it seems.

If you criticize China, they freak completely out. They attack the source and/or the OP with some sort of a Trumpean I-am-right-and-everyone-else-is-wrong attitude often blended with a second-hand intimidation. (I’ve been called a racist, a bot, they suggested I should go and f**ck myself and one elegantly said I should commit suicide.)

I’m really tired of always the same kind of rant that contains no facts nor numbers but only empty counter-accusations from which you can often easily infer that the commenter didn’t even click the link.

This is the Climate Action Tracker’s global map providing an assessment of countries’ progress in reaching the Paris goals (spoiler: China ranks among the worst countries).

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) says:

With more than 183,000 people employed in manufacturing and some 796,000 in total across the wider automotive industry, we account for 13.4% of total UK export goods generating £108 billion of trade.

Addition:

A task force led by Brazilian prosecutors said it rescued 163 Chinese nationals working in “slavery-like” conditions at a construction site […] where Chinese electric vehicle company BYD is building a factory.

The [Brazilian] Labor Prosecutor’s Office released videos of the dorms where the [Chinese] construction workers were staying, which showed beds with no mattresses and rooms without any places for the workers to store their personal belongings.

Officials said [BYD contractor] Jinjiang […] had confiscated the workers’ passports and held 60% of their wages. Those who quit would be forced to pay the company for their airfare from China, and for their return ticket, the statement said.

Prosecutors said the sanitary situation at BYD’s site in Camaçari was especially critical, with only one toilet for every 31 workers, forcing them to wake up at 4 a.m. to line up and get ready to leave for work at 5:30 a.m.

@danielquinn@lemmy.ca

l’m going to choose the one that is a functioning adult.

So here you choose neither.

@SamuelRJankis@sh.itjust.works

You appear to engage in some form of whataboutism whenever there are posts critical of China. This doesn’t add value to quality of discussion.

The issue raised in the linked post are, of coure, valid, but feel free to suggest better sources for this issue.

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