至于当前中加两国发生的一系列不愉快的事情会不会对双边自贸进程产生影响，我认为这是必然的。说实话，中加双方本来对推动自贸进程都持积极态度，而且进行了四轮探索性讨论，解决了大部分分歧。但后来出现了一系列新的因素，对该进程造成了干扰和破坏，这些因素都不是中方造成的。中加彼此是重要的贸易伙伴，应该说在贸易领域中国对加拿大的重要性比加拿大对中国的重要性更大一些。根据最新统计，2018年两国贸易额有望突破1000亿加元。加对中国出口的增速远远高于从中国进口的增速。加政府一直讲要推进贸易多元化战略，中国作为世界第二大经济体，是加贸易多元化战略的一个主要方向。中国政府一向重视同加拿大的经贸关系，会一如既往地推进两国经贸合作。如果条件成熟，我们也愿意继续推进双边自贸进程。

As whether the recent unpleasant developments in Canada-China relationship have impacted the bilateral trade relations, the answer is yes indeed. Both sides have been very active pushing forward the free trade talks. We have already conducted 4 rounds of exploratory discussions, and a lot of differences have already been resolved. But due to some new factors emerged recently, this process has been affected. But this is not caused by China. China and Canada are important trading partners to each other. China plays a much larger role in Canada's foreign trade than Canada does in China's foreign trade. It can be predicted that the bilateral trade volume between China and Canada in 2018 would exceed 100 billion Canadian dollars. Canada's exports to China are growing at faster pace than its imports from China. The Canadian government has been working to implement a trade diversification strategy, and China can be an important partner in that process. The Chinese government always values its economic and trade relations with Canada and we will continue to enhance the cooperation. When the conditions are ripe, we would like to continue the free trade talks.

　　中央电视台：我来加3年多有一个特别深刻的感受：中国人对加拿大人有非常良好的印象，在中国媒体上几乎看不到对加拿大的负面报道。但我来到加之后发现加某些主流媒体长期罔顾事实地诋毁、批评中国。对这种反差您怎么看？

　　卢大使：不只你有这种感觉，我也有这种感觉。来加之前，我对加拿大的印象非常好。我的印象来自于哪呢？来自于中国媒体的报道。事实上中国媒体对加拿大进行了广泛、客观、全面的报道，有时候甚至是美化。当我来加后读到加媒体对中国的报道时，有一个突出的感受就是相关报道同我对中国的了解和认识相差很远。2017年4月，我在多伦多发表了到任后的第一次对外演讲，其间公开表达了我的这一观点，即加媒体没有客观、公正地报道中国。我思考了其中的原因，可能有以下几方面：

CCTV: I have been living in Canada for 3 years by now. I know that Chinese people have very positive impression of Canada. In Chinese media, there is rarely any negative reports about Canada. However, by sharp contrast, the Canadian media seems to be very critical of China as there are lots of criticism against China. What's your comment?

Ambassador Lu: You are not alone for this impression. I feel the same way. Before I came to Canada, I also had very good impression of Canada, which mainly came from Chinese media's reports. Actually, Chinese media has very just, fair and comprehensive reports and coverage of Canada, some of which are even prettified. But after I arrived at Canada, I began to read Canadian reports of China and I felt that lots of them were quite different from the China I usually know. I remember that my very first public speech in Canada was made in April, 2017 in Toronto. During the speech, I shared my view with the audiences about Canadian media's unjust and unfair reports of China. I also began to think about the possible reasons behind that. I believe that there could be following reasons if I am right.