Prime Minister Trudeau says Canadian beef and pork exports to China are resuming

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has outlined some good news for Canadian farmers.

In a noon hour tweet, the PM says Canadian pork and beef exports to China will resume.

Trudeau expressed a thank you to Ambassador Barton and the Canadian meat industry for their work on re-opening the important market for meat producers and their families.

Last year, China was the second-largest market for Canadian pork exports, valued at $514.3 million and the fifth-largest for beef, valued at $97.3 million.

The Chinese were in line to increase those numbers until a ban was imposed on Canadian pork and beef this summer.

China had expressed concern about possible counterfeit paperwork with imports but there was some speculation that the arrest of a senior Chinese business person in Vancouver may also have played a part.

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