good afternoon uh you recently had a call with the Chinese prime minister uh as well do you trust China uh we have uh this is uh the start of a process of recalibrating the relationship with China uh it’s very important that we reopen dialogue uh with Chinese authorities uh for several reasons but I’ll I’ll focus on on a few um they are second largest trading partner the second largest trading partner for Canada we have a number of trade disputes uh with China uh farmers across this country uh fissurers uh across this country um are being affected by uh Chinese tariffs um people across this country have been affected uh by fentanyl and its precursors um those are issues I raised uh directly and we spoke at length about uh our concerns there and have initiated processes including ministerial level uh dialogue uh on trade and other issues so it’s there are important issues with China uh that we need to address [Music]
