加拿大近年来的对外经贸发展战略是实现贸易多元化,避免过度依赖美国经济。在这个背景下,加拿大迫切希望扩大与中国之间的经贸合作。北美自由贸易协定的重新谈判,以及近年来与美国的贸易摩擦升级,促使加拿大更加重视对华贸易。北美自由贸易协定重新谈判的进程将影响中加自由贸易协定谈判中涉及的产业领域。中加经济结构高度互补,为双方探讨建设自由贸易区奠定基础。在中加自由贸易协定将来的谈判中,农产品、林业、纸张和纸浆、渔业和海产品、服务贸易、能源和矿产等领域将是加拿大政府重点争取减税优惠的产业;同时,加拿大各经济大省在中加自由贸易协定谈判中存有重要经济利益,有可能影响谈判进程和涉及产业;加拿大民众关注的重要议题与中方存在分歧,如加拿大的对华贸易逆差、中国国有企业的海外运营、知识产权、劳工标准、环境保护和国家安全等问题,有可能成为双方谈判进展中的阻碍。
<<Canada’s foreign trade strategy in recent years is to diversify trading partners and avoid its over-reliance on the economy of the United States. In this context,Canada is eager to expand economic and trade ties with China. The renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and recent rising trade frictions with the United States have led Canada to further strengthen its economic cooperation with China. The process of the NAFTA renegotiation will affect the industrial sectors involved in the China-Canada FTA negotiations. The establishment of China-Canada FTA has the feasibility in that China and Canada are highly complementary in their economic structure. In the future negotiations,agricultural products,timber,paper and wood pulp,fishery and seafood,service trade,energy and mineral industries will be the primary sectors for the Canadian government to seek preferential tax reduction in the Chinese market. Meanwhile,Canada’s major economic provinces will have important influence on the federal government’s FTA negotiations. Finally,some contending issues,such as Canada’s trade deficit with China,the operation of China’s state-owned enterprises,intellectual property rights,labor standards and environmental protection,may become obstacles in the future negotiations between the two sides.
<<Keywords: | China-Canada RelationsChina-Canada Free Trade AgreementNorth America Free Trade AgreementAgricultural Products Service Trade |