I'm sure Mehmet has a lot to say about this. Both of us, as you may know, have been sanctioned by the Chinese regime for no good reason.
You know, if trade occurs just for trade purposes, that's great. Take the example of Australia and China. When Australia started to make noises that China should be more forthcoming about the origins of COVID-19, China then put a number of arbitrary restrictions on the import of Australian commodities into China. This went on for a while, until China recognized that they really do need Australian iron ore—iron ore is by far the largest commodity sent from Australia—and took it off.
I think if China needs a Canadian product and is prepared to accept it without these non-trade strings attached—which are very big in the joint statement between Canada and China with respect to Mr. Carney's recent visit—great. As for pet food, does China need Canadian pet food and can it not get pet food elsewhere? If that's the case and they're prepared to pay for our pet food, more power to them. I think that China is typically trying to weaponize these trade relationships to achieve other aims. If that is the case, then I think we simply have to say that we'll sell our pet food elsewhere.