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Can we withstand China’s pressures?

Convinced that the United States is diminishing in power, China and Russia joined forces with other authoritarian countries to promote their conception of a multipolar world. China has no hesitation in using highly restrictive coercive measures, for which the Canadian pork producers have already paid the price. In this context, Mr. Saint-Jacques will explain how the government, the producers and the processors should react.

Guy Saint-Jacques, B. Sc.
Consultant, Speaker and Administrator

Guy Saint-Jacques provides strategic advice on China and comments in the media and in confer-ences on developments related to China and on international climate negotiations. He sits on the Board of the Foundation of the Montreal Clinical Research Institute and that of the Canadian Ditchley Foundation. He is a Fellow of the China Institute of the University of Alberta, of the Insti-tute of International Studies of Montreal and of the C.D. Howe Institute. In addition, he is the Honorary Chairman of the China Policy Centre in Ottawa.

Previously, Mr. Saint-Jacques worked for Global Affairs Canada for nearly forty years, serving in Kinshasa, Hong Kong, Beijing, Washington, DC and London. He has served as Deputy High Commis-sioner in London and as Deputy Head of Mission in Washington. In Ottawa, among other things, he has worked in the divisions dealing with Science and Technology and Energy and Environment, in the Associate Deputy Minister’s Office and has been Director of Assignments and Director General of Personnel Management. In addition, Mr. Saint-Jacques was Canada’s Chief Negotiator and Cli-mate Change Ambassador from 2010 to 2012 and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in the People’s Republic of China from 2012 to 2016. Mr. Saint-Jacques speaks Mandarin.

Mr. Saint-Jacques became an Officer of the Quebec National Order on June 21, 2023.

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