The Sino-Canadian Technology Compact
EVs, robotics and renewables: Chinese technology in Canadian-majority companies — China's own playbook, run in reverse.
The auto pivot generalizes — but the structure differs by partner. Canada's original opening ask ran China's own 1994–2018 playbook in reverse: 75/25 ownership, half the funding, mandatory technology transfer. Independent review and verified law killed that version — Chinese export controls now prohibit the technology transfer, and US entity rules punish the equity. What survives is two term sheets: allies (Japan, Korea, EU) get offtake-and-finance partnerships with commercially negotiated licensing and training pipelines; China gets capacity-and-jobs contract manufacturing with no equity in sensitive sectors and no IP pretensions. The training ambition (~10,000 engineers, ~50,000 trades) survives — attached to the allied verticals where technology cooperation is actually lawful.
Watch: the balancing act this compact is designed around
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Ramp to maturity
Three verticals
| Vertical | Chinese partners (candidates) | Capex (C$B) | China funds | Output | What Canada gets |
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