Olaf Scholz’s recent trip to Canada is raising eyebrows among Canadian business executives over what wasn’t discussed during talks between the German chancellor and his Canadian counterpart, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Cannabis and mainstream business leaders said Canada missed an opportunity last week to highlight its regulated cannabis industry and promote international trade when Scholz visited the only large country in the world to have legalized marijuana.
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Germany announced its intention earlier last year to regulate the distribution and sale of recreational cannabis and, this summer. kicked off the preparatory phase. A draft law is expected to be published this year.
Industry officials said that movement created a unique opportunity for the Canadian prime minister to back the multibillion-dollar industry, which has struggled to tap into international markets.
But a spokesperson for the Office of the Prime Minister confirmed cannabis was not discussed between the German leader and
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