Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that revitalizing Canada's diplomatic ties with China would help his government to boost economic trade while pushing Beijing to improve its track record on delicate issues like human rights, Huffington post reported.

"What we need with China is to reset the relationship a little bit," Trudeau said in a speech delivered at Saguenay city. Trudeau added that he would look into how China can allow Canadian products and services greater access to the country's lucrative market.     

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On the issue of Human rights, the Canadian Prime Minister said that his country has earned a reputation for standing up strongly for human right issues, and China with its increasing influence on the world stage need to take responsibility for its action.

However, the one issue that is most likely going to dominate Trudeau's visit to China is Beijing's plan to enforce stricter inspection standards for canola imports from Canada. Canada and China are apparently not showing any flexibility on the issue, with both countries sticking to their condition.

The impasse on the issue mainly revolves around the amount of so-called "dockage," a term used to describe the concentration of foreign material such as other plant and weed seeds found in canola. China fears that huge amount of dockage can spread blackleg disease to Chinese crops.

China has given Ottawa until September 1 to reduce the level of dockage in its canola deliveries. However, Canada is not willing to accept China's condition, claiming that it has scientific evidence to prove that risk of transmission of blackleg is low - at the current 2.5 per cent dockage rate.   

With China being one of the biggest markets for Canada's canola seed exports, Trudeau is under immense pressure to resolve the issue well before the deadline. Canada exports nearly four million tonnes of canola seeds to China every year, which is approximately 40 per cent of Canada's yearly canola seed exports.  

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