Premier Scott Moe, back in Saskatchewan after a trip to China to try and resolve a trade dispute, said Monday he's hopeful they can find a solution.

Moe told reporters he and Prime Minister Mark Carney's parliamentary secretary Kody Blois met last week with Chinese officials who oversee an agency responsible for imposing steep tariffs on Canadian canola products.

They also met with Li Chenggang, the international trade negotiator with China's Ministry of Commerce, and other industry officials.

The meeting "was a little more positive than I think I expected," Moe said at Saskatoon's airport.

"I think there's confirmation that China's very interested in not looking back, but looking forward in recalibrating the trade relationship that we have, and moving forward in a pragmatic and reason

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