REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he leaves in two weeks to talk trade in China as his province grapples with punishing tariffs on canola.

Moe's office says the six-day trip, starting Sept. 6, will be the first time in six years that a Canadian premier has led a trade mission to China.

Moe has invited Prime Minister Mark Carney and other federal ministers to join him on the trip, which also includes a stop in Japan.

The stakes are high.

China imposed a nearly 76 per cent tariff on canola seed last week, slashing by millions of dollars the value of one of Canada's — and Saskatchewan's —most valuable crops.

Canola has been at the centre of a trade dispute between Canada and China that has also seen China unhappy with Canada's 100 per cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles.

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