Politics Briefing: Canadian, U.S. legislators seek common ground in addressing China’s threat

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Hello, MPs have been meeting in Washington today with their counterparts from Congress on issues of shared concern, particularly China. The gathering brought together the seven members of the Commons Special Committee on Canada-China Relations with members of the U.S. House committee on the Chinese Communist Party. A statement from the Canadian committee said both groups of legislators have undertaken parallel work on important issues such as addressing the forced labour and human-rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region, and supporting Taiwan. “Relations between Canada, the United States and the People’s Republic of China are at an inflection point,” Commons committee...