Product recalls lead to Canada/China agreement

November 27, 2007

Canada has signed an agreement with the Chinese that aims to ensure imported products are safe and recalls are dealt with effectively. From a parent’s point of view, this is good news. The Chinese are obviously willing to enter into these agreements to save their economy from consumer backlash. I hope the Americans will also look at striking a similar agreement, since their market is much larger and many of the large corporations outsourcing manufacturing are U.S.-based. Such a deal would benefit consumers around the world.