CANADA ASKS U.S. NOT TO CONCLUDE TRADE DEAL TILL CANADIANS IN CHINESE JAILS ARE RELEASED
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The Globe and Mail on April 28 reported that theTrudeau government through its Ambassador in Washington has delivered a message to the White House: Don’t sign a trade deal with China while Canadians are being held hostage in that country. Canadian Envoy David MacNaughton, it said has been blunt with top members of the Trump administration. He confirmed in an interview that he had said “There’s no way you would do a trade deal with China if they had jailed two of your citizens. We’ve got two of our citizens in jail in China as a result of our actions on your behalf. You should be treating those people as if they are American citizens.” Mr. MacNaughton hasn’t received much of a response from the White House. He said “They acknowledge the point. But our folks are still in jail.”
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