China, Canada resolve canola-shipping row
Leaders of the two countries set aside spat over crop as they seek to broaden trade ties; deal to run until 2020
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CANADA and China have agreed on a long-term solution to a trade dispute over C$2 billion (S$2.1 billion) worth of annual canola sales, leaders of the two countries said on Thursday, setting aside their spat over the crop as they seek to broaden trade ties.
China announced plans this year to toughen its standard on foreign material, called dockage, in Canadian canola shipments, before twice backing down near its deadlines. Even so, sales from Canada, the world's biggest exporter of the yellow-flowering crop, slowed.
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