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Canada and China broaden strategic partnership
24 June 2010
Ottawa, Ontario
A Cooperative Arrangement on a Staged Approach for Full Market Access for Canadian Beef and Beef Products Beginning with Boneless Beef (Under Thirty Months) and Beef Tallow for Industrial UseOn June 24, 2010, China announced that it has granted access to Canadian beef and beef products using a staged approach. The first step in this process is access for boneless beef derived from animals under thirty months of age (UTM) and tallow for industrial use. Canada is the first Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy-affected country to re-gain market access for beef to China. The Chinese market was closed in 2003 following Canada’s first case of BSE. According to estimates by the Canada Beef Export Federation (CBEF), the Chinese market for Canadian beef and tallow is expected to be worth $110 million once full market access is achieved.
Approved Destination Status
Approved Destination Status (ADS) allows marketing activities in China to promote a particular country as a tourist destination, and allows for the organisation of group travel to that country from China. On June 24, 2010, Prime Minister Harper and Hu Jintao, President of the People’s Republic of China, witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to Facilitate Outbound Tourist Group Travel from China to Canada. According to a survey by the Conference Board of Canada, ADS is expected to boost the yearly rate of travel to Canada from China significantly within the coming years. China is one of the fastest growing outbound tourism markets in the world.
Memorandum of Understanding to Establish a Working Group on Environmental Protection and Energy Conservation
Canada and China have agreed to establish a bilateral working group on commercial cooperation to advance their shared interests in making clean technology or "cleantech" a focal point for increased bilateral cooperation and trade. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) enhances government-to-government and business-to-business cooperation and will provide a forum to exchange information and to facilitate market entry for Canadian small- and medium-sized cleantech enterprises. The potential for increased trade, investment and research partnerships in cleantech between China and Canada is substantial.
MOU on Cooperation on Combating Crime
The Canada-China MOU on Cooperation on Combating Crime aims to facilitate cooperation between the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Chinese Ministry of Public Security (MPS). Signing the MOU was an objective set out in the December 2009 Canada-China Joint Statement, in order to provide a strengthened foundation for ongoing cooperation between the RCMP and MPS. The current MOU builds on cooperation between Canada.
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