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Fact File: Posts Falsely Claim Canada Revoked China's Equal Trade Status

Dec. 11, 2025, The Canadian Press reported China continues to have most favoured nation trade status with Canada despite Chinese-language social media posts claiming otherwise.
A 2021 rumour originated when posts conflated most favoured nation status with generalized system of preference certificates, and HKBU Fact Check and China Briefing traced the confusion back to earlier social posts.
Trade definitions clarify that the most favoured nation principle ensures equal status among partners, while generalized system of preference certificates grant preferential tariffs under World Trade Organization rules.
Policy context shows that Canada removed its GSP for China and 71 countries on Jan. 1, 2015, and removed MFN status from Russia and Belarus on March 2, 2022, imposing a 35 per cent tariff.
Across platforms, posts resurfaced claiming China’s customs announcement stated it would stop issuing GSP certificates of origin to 32 countries on Dec. 1, traced across X, Facebook, Threads, and YouTube.

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Fact File: Posts falsely claim Canada revoked China's equal trade status

Chinese language posts that appeared on social media the past few weeks claimed Canada was one of 32 countries to revoke China’s “most favoured nation” trade status on Dec. 1. The claim originates from a 2021 rumour that conflates most favoured nation status with “generalized system of preference” certificates, which China stopped issuing to Canada […]

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