Trade minister to press China on jailed Canadians during Trudeau trip
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — International Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says during a trip to China he plans to raise the case of two Canadian winery owners from British Columbia who have been held by Chinese authorities because of a customs dispute.
Champagne told reporters travelling with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that he takes the case “very personally,” and that he has raised it in the past with his counterpart, the Chinese commerce secretary, and will do so again on Monday in Beijing.
“We have voiced very clearly to the Chinese leadership our dissatisfaction and our concern,” Champagne said.
“This is a matter that should not have led to the type of actions that was taken.”