The disparity in economic power between Canada and China has led some observers to comment that “we need China – and China doesn’t need us” or that we were only “a flea sitting on China’s shoulder.” The suggestion is that there’s little the Canadian government can or should do in response to Chinese economic coercion.
Yet that pessimistic view needs to be rejected. Canada has some significant advantages and China is taking some serious risks.
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