1960年代中加小麦贸易对加拿大的重要性

The Singnificance of Sino-Canadian Wheat Trade in the 1960s for Canada

加拿大在1950年代初,即欧洲农业复兴之初就遇到了粮食严重剩余的困难,对政府构成挑战。尽管通过了一系列立法和救济措施,到60年代初仍不见效果,剩余依然严重。1960年中国严重粮荒成为加拿大处理剩余粮食的机遇,大量现金收入促进了加拿大1960-1970年代的经济繁荣,也改变了加拿大人民对中国的态度,这就奠定了两国建交基础。粮食贸易对加拿大意义重大。

Canada had had a severe grain surplus because of recovery of European agriculture since 1950s. It posed to be a great challenge for the Difenbaker Government which could not get rid of the surplus difficulty until the early 1960s, though it had passed many regulations for it. The early 1960s famine in China became a great opportunity for Canada to tide over surplus. The Sino-Canadian Wheat trade brought back a lot of cash which accelerated economic prosperity of Canada in the 1960-1970s. It helps Canadian peoples change position to China and became a basic for establishing relations between two countries. The trade has great significance in economy and policy for Canada.