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the spokesperson of the ministry of commerce answered reporters' questions regarding canada's trade restrictions on china.

question: the canadian government recently announced restrictive measures such as imposing additional tariffs on electric vehicles, steel and aluminum products imported from china. what is china's response?

a: despite opposition and dissuasion from many parties, canada has adopted discriminatory unilateral restrictive measures on products imported from china. china is strongly dissatisfied with and firmly opposes this, and intends to bring canada's relevant practices to the wto dispute settlement mechanism. china will initiate an "anti-discrimination investigation" on the relevant restrictive measures taken by canada in accordance with articles 7 and 36 of the foreign trade law of the people's republic of china, and will take corresponding measures against canada in the future based on the actual situation.

in addition, according to recent reports from china's domestic industry, canada's canola exports to china have increased significantly and are suspected of dumping, reaching us$3.47 billion in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 170%, and prices have continued to fall. affected by canada's unfair competition, china's domestic canola-related industries continue to lose money. china will initiate an anti-dumping investigation on canola imports from canada in accordance with relevant domestic laws and regulations and wto rules. china will also initiate an anti-dumping investigation on relevant canadian chemical products based on domestic industry applications.

china's attitude is very clear. we will take all necessary measures to defend the legitimate rights and interests of chinese companies.

editor/fan hongwei