Premier Wab Kinew is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to resolve the trade dispute with China after recent comments from the Chinese ambassador to Canada suggested China was ready to lift the levy on canola and pork.

According to a news report by CTV, the ambassador said that China is prepared to lift retaliatory tariffs if Canada removes the 100 per cent tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles.

Kinew sent a letter to Carney calling the moment “critical.”

“The retaliatory tariffs imposed by China have already caused steep price declines for canola, threatening the livelihoods of thousands of Manitoba farmers and the stability of rural communities,” the letter states.

“Every day these tariffs remain in place, the harm to prairie producers deepens.”

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