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China has suspended the licence of a second major Canadian canola exporter, a blow to US$2 billion worth of exports that is widely seen as retaliation for Canada’s arrest of a top executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei.
China’s General Administration of Customs announced Tuesday on its website that officials have detected several hazardous organisms in shipments of canola seeds from Viterra Inc. It said shipments from the company have been blocked to prevent the introduction of pests to China.

China announced earlier this month it had halted imports from Canada’s other major canola exporter, Richardson International Ltd, also citing contamination.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he might send a high- level delegation to China over the canola issue and acknowledged “challenges” in Canada’s relationship with Beijing.
Canadian canola producers say seeds shut out of Chinese market
China was infuriated by the December 1 arrest of Huawei’s chief financial officer, Sabrina Meng Wanzhou, on a US extradition warrant alleging fraud and has since arrested several Canadian citizens on charges the government here says are spurious.
“Clearly, they want to keep punishing us,” said Guy Saint-Jacques, a former Canadian ambassador to China.
Canada last year exported US$2.1 billion worth of canola seeds to China, by far its largest customer for the grain, which represented 17 per cent of all Canadian exports to China.

A spokesman for Viterra confirmed the ban and said all of its exports are tested to ensure they meet import standards. “Market access issues such as this one hurt our industry and Canadian farmers. We are hopeful for a quick resolution to this matter,” the spokesman said in a statement.
Industry officials were sceptical about China’s reason for halting imports. Richardson has denied China’s allegations of pests.
Canada’s canola farmers fear they have become pawns in US-China trade war
“We’re very perplexed about how there can be any change in our canola between this week and eight weeks ago,” said Brian Innes, spokesman for the Canola Council.
The arrest of Meng, the daughter of Huawei’s founder at Vancouver’s airport has led to the worst relations between Canada and China since the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989.
“We are in a real mess because of the extradition request of the Americans,” Saint-Jacques said. “This is now translating to billions of dollars in lost sales. It’s important for the US government to be more forceful and try to help us out.”
On December 10, China arrested two Canadians in an apparent attempt to pressure Canada to release Meng. A Chinese court also sentenced a Canadian to death in a sudden retrial in December, overturning a 15-year prison term handed down earlier.
It is not the first time that Beijing has struck back against a nation that appeared to cross it.
China denies block on Canadian canola is response to Meng Wanzhou case
In 2010, China suspended a bilateral trade deal with Norway and restricted imports of Norwegian salmon after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Chinese political prisoner Liu Xiaobo.
Britain and other countries were also retaliated against over official meetings with the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader who is considered a dangerous separatist by Beijing.


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China slaps ban on a second Canadian canola exporter, in possible reprisal for arrest of Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou

A canola crop in full bloom on the Canadian prairies near Fort Macleod, Alberta. File photo: Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Huawei Technologies Co Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou arrives back at home after her court appearance in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Ben Nelms/File Photo

Canola grower David Reid checks on his storage bins full of last year's crop of canola seed on his farm near Cremona, Alberta, Canada, Friday, March 22, 2019. China has stopped all new purchases of Canadian canola seeds in what some see as retaliation for Canada's arrest of a top executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei. The Canola Council of Canada said late Thursday exporters are reporting Chinese importers are unwilling to purchase the seeds at this time. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian canola producers say seeds shut out of Chinese market

Bottles of Canola Harvest brand canola oil, manufactured by Canadian agribusiness firm Richardson International. Photo: AP Photo

A high-speed bullet train travels past a rapeseed or canola field in Haian, Jiangsu province, China March 22, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT.

Canada’s canola farmers fear Huawei dispute could devastate rural communities reliant on China exports

Canola field in Canada. Photo: canolainfo.org

Bottles of Canola Harvest brand canola oil, manufactured by Canadian agribusiness firm Richardson International, are seen on the shelf of a grocery store in Beijing, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. One of Canada's largest grain processors said Tuesday that China has revoked its permit to export canola there, a move that some saw as retaliation for the Canadian government's arrest of a top executive for the Chinese tech giant Huawei. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The United States is seeking extradition of Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou after she was detained in December by Canadian authorities. Photo: EPA

China denies block on Canadian canola firm is retaliation for Meng Wanzhou case

A canola field in Canada, where investigations have found no evidence of pests or bacteria. Photo: Alamy

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The licence suspension against Viterra Inc was imposed by China’s customs agency over supposed contamination