Canada-China Relations committee  Mr. Chair, my colleague Steve Verheul will be very well placed to give more detail on trade agreements, but I would just say that they generally take quite a while to negotiate, and particularly where the partner is a complicated and a large partner, such as China is for Canada.

Canada-China Relations committee  Depending on the country involved and the complexity of issues, it could easily take that long.

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Let me say that over the past 14 months our priority has been to resolve a number of the challenging issues that have arisen in our relationship with the People's Republic of China, starting with the detention of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. The Gove

Canada-China Relations committee  Mr. Chair, the countries that have engaged in support with us have made both public and private representations at many levels to the Government of China on these issues. In addition to this, I would also like to discuss the trade side a little bit, because that has been one is

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. My colleagues and I are very grateful today to have the opportunity to give you some background on China and Canada's relationship with it. Let me start by acknowledging the preoccupation that I know we all have with the coronav

Foreign Affairs committee  It is.