chinese analysts: As the diplomatic row sparked by Canada's arrest of a Chinese technology executive in December saw fresh escalation this week, bilateral trade could suffer, with talks on a free trade agreement FTA investments to Canada and deals on Canadian agricultural, energy and lumber exports likely to be put on hold, Chinese analysts noted on Tuesday, according to Global Times China. Tensions between Beijing and Ottawa escalated sharply on Monday after Canadian officials harshly criticized a ruling by a Chinese court, which sentenced Canadian citizen Robert Lloyd Schellenberg to death for smuggling drugs and participating in organized international drug trafficking. File photo VCG Canadian officials boasted of a unique trading relationship with China just three months ago, but souring bilateral ties have cast a shadow over further bilateral trade. The officials also moved to issue warnings about travel to China. It is of extreme concern to us as a government, as it should be to all our international friends and allies, that China has chosen to begin to arbitrarily apply the death penalty, Trudeau told reporters in Ottawa. Following the ruling on Monday night, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who repeated invoked Canada's judiciary independence to avoid discussing the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, wasted no time in condemning the Chinese court's ruling.
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