{"id":503135,"date":"2026-02-27T13:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T13:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/503135\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T13:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T13:50:08","slug":"china-suspends-some-agricultural-tariffs-on-canada-maintains-levy-on-canola-seed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/503135\/","title":{"rendered":"China suspends some agricultural tariffs on Canada, maintains levy on canola seed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A drone view shows canola fields flowering near Blaine Lake, Sask.David Stobbe\/Reuters<\/p>\n

China said on Friday it would suspend some tariffs<\/a> on Canadian agricultural products imposed during a trade spat between Beijing and Ottawa, after Prime Minister Mark Carney<\/a> struck an initial deal with Beijing during a visit in January.<\/p>\n

China will suspend 100-per-cent tariffs on Canadian canola meal and pea imports and will halt 25-per-cent tariffs on lobster and crab imports from March 1 through the end of 2026, the finance ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The outcome broadly aligns with Carney\u2019s expectations. But the Chinese announcement made no mention of canola seed tariffs, which Carney had previously said would be lowered by March 1.<\/p>\n

Explainer: What to know about the Canada-China tariff deal on EVs and canola<\/a><\/p>\n

Ottawa expected Beijing to lower canola seed tariffs to a combined rate of about 15 per cent from the current 84 per cent. A probe into Canadian canola is set to conclude on March 9, the Chinese commerce ministry has said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing we do know is that Chinese buyers have been booking Canadian canola cargoes for March already. That gives me a pretty high degree of confidence that they\u2019re going to follow through on the reduced tariff rate,\u201d said Even Rogers Pay, director at Beijing-based consultancy Trivium China.<\/p>\n

Canola oil and pork were also not mentioned in the statement. But Beijing could still announce further adjustments by the March 1 deadline previewed by Carney.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The suspensions come amid a wave of visits to Beijing by Western leaders as U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s trade policies have strained Washington\u2019s traditional alliances. China has sought to present itself as a more stable and reliable economic partner in contrast.<\/p>\n

Carney went further than his European counterparts by securing a deal with China<\/a> and signaling Canada\u2019s ambition to play a leading role in a new global trade order aimed at reducing dependence on the United States.<\/p>\n

During his China trip, Carney pledged to allow into Canada up to 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles at a tariff of 6.1 per cent on most-favored-nation terms. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: A drone view shows canola fields flowering near Blaine Lake, Sask.David Stobbe\/Reuters China…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,44,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":{"0":"post-503135","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-alberta","9":"tag-arts-news","10":"tag-bc","11":"tag-breaking-news","12":"tag-breaking-news-video","13":"tag-british-columbia","14":"tag-ca","15":"tag-canada","16":"tag-canada-news","17":"tag-canada-sports","18":"tag-canada-sports-news","19":"tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","20":"tag-canadian-breaking-news","21":"tag-canadian-news","22":"tag-economy","23":"tag-education","24":"tag-environment","25":"tag-federal-government","26":"tag-foreign-news","27":"tag-globe-and-mail","28":"tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","29":"tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","30":"tag-government","31":"tag-life-news","32":"tag-lifestyle","33":"tag-local-news","34":"tag-manitoba","35":"tag-national-news","36":"tag-new-brunswick","37":"tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","38":"tag-news","39":"tag-northwest-territories","40":"tag-nova-scotia","41":"tag-nunavut","42":"tag-ontario","43":"tag-pei","44":"tag-photos","45":"tag-political-news","46":"tag-political-opinion","47":"tag-politics","48":"tag-politics-news","49":"tag-quebec","50":"tag-sports-news","51":"tag-technology","52":"tag-travel","53":"tag-trudeau","54":"tag-us-news","55":"tag-world-news","56":"tag-yukon"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}