Saskatchewan Premier Moe says trade deal with China ‘very good news’
By Canadian Press on January 16, 2026.
REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is hailing Canada’s new trade deal with China as “very good news” as his province looks to restore exports for a major Prairie crop.
Moe says China’s plan to significantly reduce tariffs on Canadian canola products in exchange for Ottawa lowering duties on Chinese electric vehicles is a positive signal.
The premier says the deal should allow Canadian exports of canola and other agricultural goods to China return to normal.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has said Ottawa expects Beijing to drop canola seed duties to 15 per cent by March 1, and “anti-discrimination” levies would no longer apply to canola meal, peas, lobsters and crabs.
In return, up to 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles will be allowed into the Canadian market each year at a 6.1 per cent tariff, instead of the current 100 per cent tariff.
Moe says the deal demonstrates what can be achieved when governments and industries work together.
“Today’s trade deal to significantly reduce Chinese tariffs on canola and other Canadian products is very good news for Canada and Saskatchewan,” Moe said in a statement Friday.
Saskatchewan produces over half of Canada’s canola. China is the country’s second-largest customer of the Prairie crop.
Saskatchewan’s Opposition NDP said in a statement the deal is positive.
“I am very glad to finally see some much-needed progress on restoring Chinese market access,” NDP Leader Carla Beck said.
“Producers across this province have had far too many sleepless nights as one of our largest trading partners aggressively tariffed one of our largest exports.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 16, 2026.
Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press
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Chilli strikes a balance. Just enough China EV’s to make Ford squeal a little and just enough reduction in Canola tariffs to get Saskatchewan farmers and constituents happy enough to get off the separation train.
Congratulations Premier Moe and PM Carney and your group of Liberal World Ecomonic Forum puppets for selling out Canada to China!
We better start training our kids to speak Mandarin! We had better buckle up for the backlash for the US!
You just choose to make a deal with the Devil, the biggest threat to Canadian sovereignty by a country that only has one plan: World domination!
But you knew this when you stated “and the partnership we have made, sets us up well for the New World Order”.
You went there, bowed down to Xi Jinping and his Communist Party, kissed the ring and sold out Canada!
Money is nothing when you don’t have a country anymore! By making these deals, you just gave China a bigger stanglehold on the Canadian economy!
We should have been cutting trade with China! You just can’t trust the Liberal government!
Under China rule what do you think we could expect as a minority to their billions of Chinese? Here is how some of the minorities are treated, which include forced labour camps who make those cheap products China sells to the world. ”
“Since 2016, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has subjected Uyghurs and members of other predominantly Muslim ethnic minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) to genocide, state-imposed forced labor, and crimes against humanity.”
“The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) is a central entity used by the CCP to implement its system of forced labor, forced cultural assimilation, and society-wide control and coercion in the XUAR. The XPCC functions as a regional government, a paramilitary organization, a bureau of prisons, and one of the world’s largest state-run corporate enterprises. The XPCC operates corporations in energy, mining, chemicals, oil and gas extraction, logistics, apparel, electronics, wine, food processing, insurance, tourism, and many other sectors. The goods produced by the XPCC reach far into global supply chains, and XPCC construction projects operate not only in the XUAR but throughout China and around the world.”
The old Chretien-Trudeau government sell out of Canada continues, now as Chretien-Carney 2.0! Rest in Peace Canada!