China is the second-largest economy in the world. It is by far the largest importer of Canadian canola. It's growing rapidly, and it will continue to.
I take a fair bit of comfort, by the way, in remembering that date in 1910 when the Richardsons signed their first deal with China. That's a long time ago. I would go out on a limb and say we will be doing business with China 100 years from now.
This is a tough moment in Canada-China relations. We have serious disagreements over the treatment of Canadian citizens in China who we believe have been arrested arbitrarily. We have an issue with the case of a Canadian national whose sentence has been moved to the death penalty. We talk about these issues.
There was a question before about the international community. I don't think I have had a conversation with any of my counterparts internationally without bringing up Canadian values vis-à-vis our relationship with China. That is our responsibility.
Because we believe in the rules-based world international trading order, we have allies. We have allies who understand that it's in the interest of their people to know that when you sign an agreement, you can solve disputes in ways that will be accepted by both parties. That's why we are working so hard internationally, not only to try to build a consensus on how to reform the WTO, but also for Canada to make alliance with those who understand what we're now facing in some of our bilateral relationships.
We're moving on both those fronts.