Its domestic pork production is increasing so it wants to preserve its market for its own pork producers and processors.
A tariff increase from eight to 12 per cent will impact Ontario and Quebec where Conestoga Meat Packers and Olymel have developed large markets in China. They were suspended for a while last year, but resumed in the fall.
China has a 25 per cent tariff on pork from the United States, part of the after-effects of former U.S. president Donald Trump’s tariff battles with China.
