[Compilation of Lu Yongshan/Comprehensive Report]China and Taiwan have applied to join the “Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership” (CPTPP) in September 2021, but an internal document of the Canadian government shows that Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau does not want China to join CPTPP . In addition, Canada also criticized the provocative behavior of Chinese warships in the Taiwan Strait recently, saying that it will send more warships to patrol the Taiwan Strait. According to experts, Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy has fully reflected Canada’s tough attitude towards China.
According to a report by Radio Free Asia, an internal document of the Canadian government shows that Trudeau held a conference call with then-British Prime Minister Liz Truss last fall. Truss mentioned that the United States and the European Union should join the CPTPP. Trudeau Dow responded: “That’s why it’s so important to have such a high bar for the UK to join the CPTPP, it’s also enough to make it difficult for China to join.”
The UK was formally approved to join the CPTPP in April this year, becoming the first new member of the trade organization after it came into effect in 2018. Both China and Taiwan will submit applications to join the CPTPP in September 2021, which still needs to be reviewed by all member states.
In addition, during a routine crossing of the Taiwan Strait on June 3, the US Navy destroyer Zhong Yun and the Canadian Navy frigate Montreal were deliberately cut across the front of the US warship by a Chinese warship. The distance between the two sides was less than 137 meters. It is very dangerous to publicly criticize China for provocation.
Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand (Anita Anand) issued a public statement on the 6th, emphasizing that the Taiwan Strait is an international waters, and Canada will continue to sail where international law allows, including the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea. The layout is too strategic, we will send more warships to patrol this sea area.”
Pierre Marcel Poilievre, the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, also pointed out: “This is another provocative act by China. We believe that Beijing needs to remain calm and stable, rather than deliberately provoked. Our Conservative Party, like all Canadians, We don’t want war, but we want to stand up for our values and interests.”
Canadian current affairs commentator Liao Changren said that Canada-China relations are now in the process of being reset. Back then, Western countries allowed China to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), but China did not make progress in political reform. Instead, it brought various threats. Canada’s The “Indo-Pacific Strategy” directly refers to China as a destructive global power, and China’s interference in Canadian elections has made Canada even more wary of China.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping was dissatisfied with Trudeau in mid-November 2022 for leaking the content of the private meeting between the two at the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Bali, Indonesia, and publicly accused Trudeau when the two met again. The former diplomat said Xi’s move was not only surprising but also underscored his contempt and disrespect for Trudeau.
Charles Burton, a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a Canadian think tank, and a former Canadian diplomat in China, said: “He (Xi Jinping) would definitely not talk like that to the US president. So this It does show that Mr Xi has a level of disdain for the prime minister, and he doesn’t see Canada as an important partner.”
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2023-06-08 02:23:35
