渥太华– 联邦自由党国际贸易事务评论员白莱逊(Scott Brison)今天表示，加拿大三十多年以来首次出现贸易赤字，这与哈珀保守党政府的对华政策并非毫无关系。
白莱逊说：“加拿大统计局证实加拿大去年出现的贸易赤字达$4.5亿元。这是加国自1976年以来首次出现赤字。虽然全球金融危机影响到贸易进出口的平衡，但保守党政府不善经营加中关系，确实损害了我们与中国这个世界上最大经济体的贸易往来能力。”
白莱逊评论说，自保守党政府上台以来，加拿大对华出口就停滞不前，而与此同时，我们的竞争对手国正以惊人的速度加大对华贸易，赶超加拿大。
保守党任内的前两年（2006、2007年），加拿大对华出口仅与中国的进口增速基本相当。而相形之下，美国在这两年的对华贸易额增长了60%，不仅大大超过了中国的全球进口增长速度，并进一步加强了他们所占的中国市场份额。
白莱逊说：“在中国的进口市场份额方面，我们不仅落后与美国，而且也居于泰国、菲律宾、德国和澳大利亚等国之后。但不幸的是，保守党政府却将中国视为北美市场的对手，而不是我们贸易扩展与多元化的巨大商机。”
For Immediate Release
February 13, 2009
Canada is left behind on exports to China
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s reckless approach towards China has contributed to Canada’s first trade deficit in more than thirty years, Liberal International Trade Critic Scott Brison said today.
“Statistics Canada has confirmed that Canada had a trade deficit last year of approximately $450 million, which is the first trade deficit since 1976,” said Mr. Brison. “While this shift in the balance of trade is certainly impacted by the global financial crisis, the Conservative government’s mishandling of the Canada-China relationship has hampered our ability to access one of the largest economies in the world.”
Mr. Brison was commenting on statistics that show that since the Conservatives came to power, Canadian exports to China have stagnated and our competitors are outperforming Canada at an alarming rate.
During the first two years of Conservative government (2006 and 2007) Canada’s exports to China stagnated, barely keeping pace in proportion with China’s import growth. In comparison, the United States increased its trade with China by 60 per cent over those same years, far outpacing the growth of Chinese global imports and increasing their share of the Chinese market.
“We are not only losing ground to the United States, but are far behind countries like Thailand, the Philippines, Germany and Australia when it comes to our share of the Chinese import market,” said Mr. Brison. “Unfortunately the Conservative government appears to see China as competition for the softening North American market rather than as a tremendous opportunity for trade expansion and diversification.”
