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E103001 - CTS 1973 No. 31 THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, HEREINAFTER referred to as the Contracting Parties; WITH A VIEW to strengthening trade relations and developing trade between their two countries on the basis of equality and mutual benefit; HAVE AGREED as follows:
The two Contracting Parties shall, subject to the laws and regulations in force in each country, endeavour to create favourable conditions for further strengthening the flow of goods between the two countries.
The two Contracting Parties shall grant each other most favoured nation treatment with regard to customs duties, all taxes and subsidiary charges, levied on imports and exports, as well as with regard to customs and other relevant formalities, regulations and procedures.
The exchange of goods and technical services between the two Contracting Parties shall, subject to the laws and regulations in force in each country, be carried out by legal and physical persons in Canada and state owned import and export corporations of the People’s Republic of China.
All payments between the two Contracting Parties shall be made in Canadian dollars, Chinese renminbi or in other mutually acceptable freely convertible currencies in accordance with the foreign exchange regulations valid in each country.
The two Contracting Parties agree that they will facilitate the development of mutually beneficial long-term commercial arrangements, between the relevant trading bodies and enterprises of the two countries, in accordance with mutual import and export requirements and possibilities.
The two Contracting Parties undertake to promote the interchange of persons, groups and delegations engaged in trade between the two countries and to encourage the commercial exchange of technical expertise.
In order to facilitate the implementation of this agreement, the two Contracting Parties agree to establish a Joint Trade Committee to meet periodically. The Committee shall meet once a year, unless otherwise mutually agreed, alternately in Canada and China. When necessary, special meetings to discuss matters of mutual interest may be arranged through consultations between the two Contracting Parties.
The provisions of the present Agreement shall not limit the right of either Contracting Party to apply measures for the protection of its national security and economic interests, human, animal and plant life or health, and the preservation of its national historical relics.
This Agreement shall come into force on the date of signature and shall remain in force for three years. The validity of this Agreement may be extended for another three years if the two Contracting Parties agree thereto not less than three months prior to the expiration of this Agreement.
In the event of termination of this Agreement, all unfulfilled obligations arising from the operation of this Agreement shall be fulfilled in accordance with the provisions thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed this Agreement in two copies in the English, French and Chinese languages, the three language versions being equally authentic.
At Peking this thirteenth day of October, 1973.
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA
Chou En Lai
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA