The delegation has not visited China, B.C.\u0027s second largest trade partner, but instead focused on Japan, South Korea and Singapore. Read on.
Tensions between China and Canada have been growing amid accusations of foreign interference and election meddling.became the latest politician to report that Canada’s spy agency confirmed her long-held belief that she is being targeted by the Chinese government.
B.C. exports to mainland China totalled $8.48 billion last year, according to government statistics. That’s second only to the United States with more than $37 billion.During the trip, Eby said he has met with dozens of companies including Mitsubishi about possible investment in a nickel project, and a number interested in hydrogen production.Article content
In Tokyo, a meeting with one of Japan’s largest users of B.C. wood turned into a conversation about potentially breaking in to the province’s tough and expensive rental market. Eby says the company, Daito, which already manages rentals in Tokyo, is proposing offering deals to B.C. landowners to build and run rental properties on their land and then lease that housing back from the landowner for a 30-year term, paying a set fee.
“In this way, that housing and the property stays with British Columbians, and the company facilitates investments in rental housing that wouldn’t otherwise happen, that people who own land would never think of building or running rental housing,” Eby said.
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