Canada’s Industry Minister Urges Decoupling From China

Canada’s Industry Minister Urges Decoupling From China
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Francois-Philippe Champagne speaks to reporters at the Liberal summer caucus retreat in St. Andrews, N.B. on Sept. 13, 2022. The Canadian Press/Darren Calabrese
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Western nations need to decouple from China and other authoritarian regimes to boost their collaborative supply chain resiliency, Canada’s Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne told a business audience on Oct. 21.

“If you want resilience in the North American supply chain, Canada has to be part of the equation. Because what we want is a decoupling, certainly from China and I would say other regimes in the world which don’t share the same values,” he said.