Canada China trade policy just forced your Prime Minister to praise a government surveilling your neighbors. You can't use a plastic straw, but your country is thrilled to export coal to Beijing. Chinese tariffs are costing one family farm $250,000 per year in canola losses alone. Your leader is in China talking about "new world order" partnerships while that government runs secret police stations in Canadian cities. 

The economic realities stack up fast. Saskatchewan agriculture got walloped by Chinese tariffs on canola and other products. China is a massive market. There's huge demand. The U.S. trading relationship changed overnight. Breakenridge asks: How much are we compromising to make deals with China? We want them buying our stuff and giving us money. That's fine. But when Chinese money flows in, when Chinese companies come in, when they want this and they want that, how close do we get? How much can we trust them? 

Discover why farms choose between market access and sovereignty. Understand the dollar amount behind trade diversification pressure. Learn what security concerns get set aside when economic survival takes priority. 

GUEST: Rob Breakenridge | robbreakenridge.ca

Originally aired on 2026-01-15

Canada China trade policy just forced your Prime Minister to praise a government surveilling your neighbors. You can't use a plastic straw, but your country is thrilled to export coal to Beijing. Chinese tariffs are costing one family farm $250,000 per year in canola losses alone. Your leader is in China talking about "new world order" partnerships while that government runs secret police stations in Canadian cities.&nbsp;
The economic realities stack up fast. Saskatchewan agriculture got walloped by Chinese tariffs on canola and other products. China is a massive market. There's huge demand. The U.S. trading relationship changed overnight. Breakenridge asks: How much are we compromising to make deals with China? We want them buying our stuff and giving us money. That's fine. But when Chinese money flows in, when Chinese companies come in, when they want this and they want that, how close do we get? How much can we trust them?&nbsp;
Discover why farms choose between market access and sovereignty. Understand the dollar amount behind trade diversification pressure. Learn what security concerns get set aside when economic survival takes priority.&nbsp;
GUEST:&nbsp;Rob Breakenridge | robbreakenridge.ca
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-01-15

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