Nothing wrong with stopped clocks; they are right twice a day!
Simple_Anteater_3380 on
He’s not wrong
Fit-Cable1547 on
Sad that this is where we’re at now and how he’s not wrong.
Big_Option_5575 on
China will gladly help us provide less help to the U.S.
Former-Chocolate-793 on
China has kept to their trade deals ever since the first wheat sale in 1962.
CaliperLee62 on
Their ambitions to invade democratic Taiwan is certainly predictable.
What will Mr. Carney say then? 🤔
JohnDorian0506 on
Last time I checked Canada had a surplus in trade with the United States and increasing trade deficit with China. Predictable or not I don’t think China wants to buy value added manufactured goods from Canada.
the_sound_of_a_cork on
This is a dumb take. Trump is unpredictable, but the U.S. has been, for decades, a predictable and reliable partner and it will likely continue to do so for decades to come. The U.S. is more than Trump. China is an adversary and has a value system that is incompatible with the West.
EDIT: The negative responses to this comment are pro-China bots or people that are not living in reality.
Luder09 on
Sorry Trump 🖕
Deadly-Unicorn on
>The deal allows up to 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into the Canadian market. In return, Ottawa expects Beijing to drop canola seed duties to 15 per cent by March.
Whoooaaaaa now the dealerships trying to offload overpriced EVs will definitely give me a discount!
That_Intention_7374 on
Kinda of funny that the US announces a deal with Taiwan the same day.
LiteratureOk2428 on
Lawful evil vs chaotic evil
hkric41six on
He’s 100% right.
saleum on
Let’s just hope USMCA won’t get killed as a result
VesaAwesaka on
Let’s hope China never invades Taiwan and puts us in a situation of either abandoning Taiwan or suffering because our economic dependence on China
Substantial_Monk_866 on
Remains to be seen how this is implemented, but this could be really bad for many workers in auto in Canada.
orobsky on
It will be interesting to see if the USA and trump ‚lets‘ this happen. He is very interested in keeping China out of the western hemisphere, as seen with Venezuela 2 weeks ago (no longer selling them oil)
Icy_Acanthisitta7741 on
Predictable… doesn’t translate to good.
And not like China breaks joint agreement or declaration at all, right?
subarunoaria on
Unfortunately, Carney is not wrong.
MMEMMR on
Everyone can chill.
Doomsayers can relax – the number of cars permitted in represent some ~3% of total yearly car sales, and is a quantity based on how much was brought in from China before the 100% tartifs.
Basically most will be Teslas, and a few EVs from other OEMs (Volvo, Polestar, etc).
I doubt any Chinese car makers are going to go through NA car test ratings for a paltry few 100 sales.
This doesn’t materially change the auto landscape at this point. But it does politically mean ALOT more. Canada is further course correcting away from the US.
Djlittle13 on
Its a sad state of affairs that China is a more reliable trade partner than the US
dewgdewgdewg on
So we are back to where we were 8 months ago (not even), except now China has full access to our auto market and oil industry?
Tell me how this isn’t just China absolutely steamrolling Canada?
DreadpirateBG on
Good. China is playing a long game and the USA can’t see past this current president. So China will win out whether we like it or not. Unless the USA can stop bickering over a smaller and smaller pile and start to take care of itself via taking care of employees, do infrastructure projects, renewable power generation, push to improve education with facts and facilities etc etc. everything it’s failing at now.
kingsandwhich24 on
Because china is all about business unlike america who’s all about chaos
Bumblesavage on
Will Canada get Chinese EVs ? Will be interesting if they have all the latest cars
Anomuumi on
Demented baboon with a hammer is more predictable.
Kanapka64 on
China is more predictable?? Lmao
FngrBngr-84 on
Election meddling, ethnic police stations on our soil, fentanyl precursor export business, spying and stealing tech (see Nortel), and taking our citizens prisoner is all very predictable. You know what else is predictable – how this will further ruin our chances to have constructive negotiations with our largest trading partner. You know, the one that 77% of our exports go to. The one 90% of Canadians live within 100 km of. Carney either only cares about the Trump-hating „Elbows Up“ crowd giving him a majority or he is genuinely retarded.
wumr125 on
I dont know about that… Its pretty predictable that Trump’s usa will cheat us at every opportunity
EnvironmentBright697 on
Carney is pissing off the Americans on purpose so the liberals can run another elbows up campaign in a spring election to try and go for a majority. It’s going to be an IQ test for the electorate and a real turning point for the future of Canada. I hope Canadians will make the right choice in the interest of freedom and democracy. Sadly I don’t think those are very popular ideas anymore these days.
Coriolanus556 on
Do not let the Chinese buy any Canadian resource companies or invest in technology companies. Remember how they hollowed out Nortel and robbed us blind of the intellectual property.
canada_mountains on
Only 49K Chinese EVs allowed into Canada. It will probably be only BYDs. No Zeekr or XPeng, probably. BYDs are still good, but if Canada got the Zeekr 7x, oh boy, then you would know why Chinese EVs have such a good reputation.
Familiar-Sink-3683 on
The american bots LOVE to show up when China or aboriginals are mentioned.
Spanky3703 on
With this deal, China is authorized to import 49,000 EVs, which is 2.58% (rounded up), of the number of new personal vehicles that Canadians purchased in 2025 (approximately 1.9 million new vehicles, based on three cross referenced sources, including Driving.CA, Automotive News & Le Guide d’Auto).
So, based on facts vice hyperbolic hysteria, a relatively very small number of Canadians will get access to a cheaper and more reliable EV.
As for access to Canada’s petroleum sector, China will pay fair market value, higher than what Canadian companies realize from shipping south of the 49th parable via pipeline and train. And with LNG Canada and other similar projects in construction, capital and life cycle costs for such projects are shared with the consumer nations (Vietnam, China, Malaysia, Philippines, etc.).
So, let’s all take a deep breath. All this means for the auto sector is that Canadians are going to start experiencing a higher quality EV at a lower price, and let the market (consumer) decide where and how to spend their money. At the same time cooling down the tariff war between Canada and China that largely resulted from Canada falling into lockstep with the US vice seeing the opportunity to diversify. This deal enables Canada’s renewed access to China’s massive domestic market for canola, pork, wheat, seafoods, etc. at 15% tariffs.
Anyone complaining about this deal is not thinking this through. In the face of the ongoing existential threat to our sovereignty that Trump and his Cabal represent to Canada’s sovereignty, security and our economy, this is exactly what Canada needs to do – diversify. This is what we hired Carney to do.
Wise_Ad_112 on
Well ya, u never know what trump is going to tweet or something and ruin everything. It’s a clown show down south
Goliad1990 on
>says country is more predictable than U.S.
Where’s the quote? Did he actually say „China is more predictable than the US“, or did he just say „China is predictable“? Because one of those quotes is a lot more inflammatory than the other, and the article doesn’t elaborate.
Napalm985 on
Always thought the LPC would slowly sell out Canada to the CCP. Happening a bit faster then I expected.
Left-Outside-1244 on
I hate that this is the world’s new reality now.
0fiuco on
not true. U.S. currently is very predictable. we just aren’t ready to accept the prediction.
catalystignition on
You can trust communists until you can’t.
RoyallyOakie on
China more predictable than the US…we are in crazy times.
ForestHopper on
Yeah this is all he meant by the „new world order“ statement that got twisted by conspiracy theorists..he just means a new order without the US at the center
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Nothing wrong with stopped clocks; they are right twice a day!
He’s not wrong
Sad that this is where we’re at now and how he’s not wrong.
China will gladly help us provide less help to the U.S.
China has kept to their trade deals ever since the first wheat sale in 1962.
Their ambitions to invade democratic Taiwan is certainly predictable.
What will Mr. Carney say then? 🤔
Last time I checked Canada had a surplus in trade with the United States and increasing trade deficit with China. Predictable or not I don’t think China wants to buy value added manufactured goods from Canada.
This is a dumb take. Trump is unpredictable, but the U.S. has been, for decades, a predictable and reliable partner and it will likely continue to do so for decades to come. The U.S. is more than Trump. China is an adversary and has a value system that is incompatible with the West.
EDIT: The negative responses to this comment are pro-China bots or people that are not living in reality.
Sorry Trump 🖕
>The deal allows up to 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into the Canadian market. In return, Ottawa expects Beijing to drop canola seed duties to 15 per cent by March.
Whoooaaaaa now the dealerships trying to offload overpriced EVs will definitely give me a discount!
Kinda of funny that the US announces a deal with Taiwan the same day.
Lawful evil vs chaotic evil
He’s 100% right.
Let’s just hope USMCA won’t get killed as a result
Let’s hope China never invades Taiwan and puts us in a situation of either abandoning Taiwan or suffering because our economic dependence on China
Remains to be seen how this is implemented, but this could be really bad for many workers in auto in Canada.
It will be interesting to see if the USA and trump ‚lets‘ this happen. He is very interested in keeping China out of the western hemisphere, as seen with Venezuela 2 weeks ago (no longer selling them oil)
Predictable… doesn’t translate to good.
And not like China breaks joint agreement or declaration at all, right?
Unfortunately, Carney is not wrong.
Everyone can chill.
Doomsayers can relax – the number of cars permitted in represent some ~3% of total yearly car sales, and is a quantity based on how much was brought in from China before the 100% tartifs.
Basically most will be Teslas, and a few EVs from other OEMs (Volvo, Polestar, etc).
I doubt any Chinese car makers are going to go through NA car test ratings for a paltry few 100 sales.
This doesn’t materially change the auto landscape at this point. But it does politically mean ALOT more. Canada is further course correcting away from the US.
Its a sad state of affairs that China is a more reliable trade partner than the US
So we are back to where we were 8 months ago (not even), except now China has full access to our auto market and oil industry?
Tell me how this isn’t just China absolutely steamrolling Canada?
Good. China is playing a long game and the USA can’t see past this current president. So China will win out whether we like it or not. Unless the USA can stop bickering over a smaller and smaller pile and start to take care of itself via taking care of employees, do infrastructure projects, renewable power generation, push to improve education with facts and facilities etc etc. everything it’s failing at now.
Because china is all about business unlike america who’s all about chaos
Will Canada get Chinese EVs ? Will be interesting if they have all the latest cars
Demented baboon with a hammer is more predictable.
China is more predictable?? Lmao
Election meddling, ethnic police stations on our soil, fentanyl precursor export business, spying and stealing tech (see Nortel), and taking our citizens prisoner is all very predictable. You know what else is predictable – how this will further ruin our chances to have constructive negotiations with our largest trading partner. You know, the one that 77% of our exports go to. The one 90% of Canadians live within 100 km of. Carney either only cares about the Trump-hating „Elbows Up“ crowd giving him a majority or he is genuinely retarded.
I dont know about that… Its pretty predictable that Trump’s usa will cheat us at every opportunity
Carney is pissing off the Americans on purpose so the liberals can run another elbows up campaign in a spring election to try and go for a majority. It’s going to be an IQ test for the electorate and a real turning point for the future of Canada. I hope Canadians will make the right choice in the interest of freedom and democracy. Sadly I don’t think those are very popular ideas anymore these days.
Do not let the Chinese buy any Canadian resource companies or invest in technology companies. Remember how they hollowed out Nortel and robbed us blind of the intellectual property.
Only 49K Chinese EVs allowed into Canada. It will probably be only BYDs. No Zeekr or XPeng, probably. BYDs are still good, but if Canada got the Zeekr 7x, oh boy, then you would know why Chinese EVs have such a good reputation.
The american bots LOVE to show up when China or aboriginals are mentioned.
With this deal, China is authorized to import 49,000 EVs, which is 2.58% (rounded up), of the number of new personal vehicles that Canadians purchased in 2025 (approximately 1.9 million new vehicles, based on three cross referenced sources, including Driving.CA, Automotive News & Le Guide d’Auto).
So, based on facts vice hyperbolic hysteria, a relatively very small number of Canadians will get access to a cheaper and more reliable EV.
As for access to Canada’s petroleum sector, China will pay fair market value, higher than what Canadian companies realize from shipping south of the 49th parable via pipeline and train. And with LNG Canada and other similar projects in construction, capital and life cycle costs for such projects are shared with the consumer nations (Vietnam, China, Malaysia, Philippines, etc.).
So, let’s all take a deep breath. All this means for the auto sector is that Canadians are going to start experiencing a higher quality EV at a lower price, and let the market (consumer) decide where and how to spend their money. At the same time cooling down the tariff war between Canada and China that largely resulted from Canada falling into lockstep with the US vice seeing the opportunity to diversify. This deal enables Canada’s renewed access to China’s massive domestic market for canola, pork, wheat, seafoods, etc. at 15% tariffs.
Anyone complaining about this deal is not thinking this through. In the face of the ongoing existential threat to our sovereignty that Trump and his Cabal represent to Canada’s sovereignty, security and our economy, this is exactly what Canada needs to do – diversify. This is what we hired Carney to do.
Well ya, u never know what trump is going to tweet or something and ruin everything. It’s a clown show down south
>says country is more predictable than U.S.
Where’s the quote? Did he actually say „China is more predictable than the US“, or did he just say „China is predictable“? Because one of those quotes is a lot more inflammatory than the other, and the article doesn’t elaborate.
Always thought the LPC would slowly sell out Canada to the CCP. Happening a bit faster then I expected.
I hate that this is the world’s new reality now.
not true. U.S. currently is very predictable. we just aren’t ready to accept the prediction.
You can trust communists until you can’t.
China more predictable than the US…we are in crazy times.
Yeah this is all he meant by the „new world order“ statement that got twisted by conspiracy theorists..he just means a new order without the US at the center