British Columbia Premier David Eby says his first-ever trade trip to China will focus on pitching the province’s forestry products and energy sector around LNG development, approaching the mission with both excitement and caution.
Eby says China is the province’s second largest trading partner, and expanding relationships beyond the United States with the goal of doubling international trade over the coming decade.
He says U.S. tariffs are “really hurting” the province’s forestry sector, while a lot of jobs in B.C. are also dependent on the relationship with China and he hopes to see Chinese tariffs currently impacting the province lifted, including on seafood sector.
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Eby says he’s received briefings from both the RCMP and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service in advance of the trip to ensure “our team is fully aware of how to minimize risk and to maximize opportunities while visiting.
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He says the government didn’t release his full itinerary for the trip to China to avoid giving competitors in other provinces and countries a potential “unfair advantage,” as the mission seeks to drum up customers and deals for B.C. companies.
Eby says the “really big fish” he’s seeking to land on the trip will see him meeting with PetroChina to discuss the second phase of the massive LNG facility expansion in Kitimat, B.C., with an impending final investment decision on the project expected later this year.
Or, is he giving a status update on plans to buy up condos to protect unnamed Chinese investors?
Oh please he is returning to china with laundered money.
Imprison him there.
So now energy deals are a positive Eby? But only when for your own benefit. Don’t want your “competitors” in other province to gain any unfair advantage as you say.
Question : If Eby is on a trade mission why is his family going too and who’s paying for this extravagance?
@Alexia we be to busy restocking Siberian Work Camps to be fighting in Ukraine. lots of dumb Eby supporting Canadians to ship out. :-)
While Danielle Smith campaigns for or against her own stupid referendums and recalls.
Not too bright those UCP taxers.
Your Russian ISP address for one?
Why are you too cowardly to volunteer in Ukraine?
Coward..
Good job.
All you do here is fundraise for Zelinski
@Alex Ovechkin. Da comrade, you got me figured out. Maybe we pick you up in night an put on train to Siberia work and recreation camp.
Oh ya, the Carney deal with China. Ha, he trades 5 years of them dumping EV on Canada for part of a year tariff free on agri products. Some deal……
Anyone heard what company will support these cheap EV’s or do you just pick one from the dock and your on your own.
@Caspar:
Eby and Carney made traded deals.
Idiot Danielle Smith fans would rather have recalls, referendums on referendums, and notwithstanding clauses for their money.
Figures.
Why do you think PP’s peeps crfossed the floor?
Oh yeah, Carney must have bribed them against their wills.
LOL.
Eby and Carny should both go to China and stay there, they don’t seem to get anything done in Canada now.
Sucking up.to the CCP
He will fit right in
Dee the Russian troll….lol….phuck off to Ukraine coward.
Anthony calling a guy who was top of his class at law school dumb.
Pretty rich coming from a drooling imbecile.
Cons who hate trade are not cons.
trump forcing more trade away from his country.
Another pack of lies from the liar in chief.
David Eby is a complete fool who is way out of his depth…….run along David and let the professionals take over!
Sellout
Eby is way out of his league here, LNG has already been sold to the world, he needs to grow up and focus his attention on another oil pipeline to the North Coast, being opposed sends the wrong message to foreign investors.
Stay there goof.
Try This
You’re on to something there but I think the test should be for voters!
It seems like he has a limited tolerance for Gas but definitely not Oil.
Hmmmm… Eby vs the Chinese Communist Party…. hey, what could go wrong.
There should be an intelligence test as part of becoming a candidate. Does he not realise that most of the natural gas in BC is in the Montenay plate, in northwest BC? In order to get that to market, it has to go through Alberta and across to Prince Rupert.
He does not want tanker traffic on our coast. He does not want the pipeline to transport the gas. He does not want the port where he cannot give part of it to the natives.
What is he thinking trying to sell natural gas, when he is so against getting it to market? Daft.