Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada (FHCP) welcomes renewed engagement between Canada and China as a pragmatic step toward easing prolonged trade friction and restoring greater predictability in global markets.

The extension of tariff relief on key Canadian agri-food exports provides important certainty for producers, processors, and supply chains that depend on stable and predictable access to export markets. Diversified and reliable trade relationships are essential to the resilience of Canada’s food, health and consumer products sector, supporting long-term competitiveness, investment, and affordability for Canadians.

At the same time, FHCP recognizes that trade relationships are complex. Gains in one area must be supported by clear, enforceable rules, transparent implementation, and careful management of broader economic, security, and trade-agreement considerations.

Canada’s food, health and consumer products sector is a major contributor to the national economy, supporting jobs, manufacturing activity, and supply chain stability in communities across the country. Predictable, rules-based trade is critical to sustaining that contribution.

FHCP stands ready to work constructively with governments and partners to support outcomes that reduce friction, strengthen supply chains, and uphold Canada’s international trade commitments.