As the U.S. increases tariffs on Canadian goods, creating greater uncertainty for local businesses, some argue it’s time for Canada to re-evaluate its approach to China and reset a relationship that has been frosty since the 2018 arrest of Huawei Technologies Co.’s former CFO.

Others caution that a worsening trade relationship with the United States doesn’t necessarily need to push B.C. and Canada closer toward the country’s second-biggest trade partner.

“I think the way we’re being treated by our neighbour to the south is a wake-up call,” said David Fung, vice-chair of the Canada China Business Council (CCBC), based in West Vancouver.

“We have to engage [more] with China. Being the world’s largest economy on a purchasing power parity basis, it is crazy for us not to.”

The B.C.-China r

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