Canada is facing retaliation from Beijing for the 100-per-cent tariffs it imposed on Chinese-made electric vehicles last year. The duties werepart of a joint effort by the Biden administration to protect the North American auto sector.

Canada should adopt a “selective engagement” strategy to manage dealings with China that could reap more trade benefits from the authoritarian state while avoiding entanglement in the rising rivalry between Washington and Beijing, a new report by foreign policy and business leaders says.

A slew of protectionist measures unveiled by Donald Trump this year seeks to force foreign countries, including Canada, to pay for access to the U.S. market in the form of tariffs on products shipped there.

China, as the world’s second-largest economy, has sought to capit

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