4 days ago - The Carney government does not see this upcoming visit as a deviation from that view, senior Canadian government officials told reporters this week. But they added that Canada cannot achieve its objective of reducing economic reliance on the ...

1 week ago - The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said the trip from Jan. 13 to 17 will see Carney meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss trade, energy, agriculture and international security.

1 day ago - Mark Carney is the latest in a string of leaders to visit Beijing looking to mend fences and boost trade with China. South Korea's Lee Jae Myung was the first earlier this month. He managed to secure improved relations with Beijing after becoming the first South Korean president to visit China since 2019. Carney has talked about advancing trade and environmental co-operation with China, and resolving Beijing's heavy tariffs on Canadian pork, canola and seafood...

1 week ago - Mark Carney will visit Beijing ... Carney will visit from 13 to 17 January. He plans to discuss trade, energy, agriculture and international security with Chinese officials, his office said....

1 day ago - He told reporters that Canada's relationship with China had been more "predictable" in recent months and that he found talks with Beijing "realistic and respectful". He also made clear Ottawa does not agree with Beijing on everything, adding that in his discussions with Xi he made clear Canada's "red lines", including human rights, concerns over election interference and the need for "guardrails". "We take the world as it is - not as we wish it to be," he said when asked about China's human rights record. Observers believe Carney's visit could set an example for other countries across the world who are also feeling the pain from Washington's tariffs.

6 days ago - Michael Kovrig, who was one of the Canadians detained in 2018 along with Michael Spavor, told CBC News earlier this week that he thinks it's reasonable for Ottawa to pursue an expanded trading relationship provided it does not compromise Canada's national security. Carney visiting China next week to talk trade, security

Carney and China's President Xi Jinping to discuss trade, energy, agriculture and international security. Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to China next week, marking the first visit to the country by a Canadian prime minister since 2017.

10 hours ago - If he can get a trade deal with China, he should do that.” ... China will drop its tariffs on canola from Canada, and the Canadian government will allow a fixed number of Chinese electric cars in at a low tariff rate.Credit...-/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images ... Mr. Carney had to answer questions about China’s track record meddling in Canadian affairs (he had named China as the biggest threat to Canada’s security on the campaign trail last year); China’s human-rights track record; and the treatment of Taiwan.

1 day ago - Rather than negotiate from strength, however, Carney arrived in Beijing signaling accommodation. He cast China as a stable, predictable partner—an assertion that holds little, if any, meaning given Beijing’s history of coercive trade practices ...

2 days ago - Carney is in China as part of his effort to move past years of diplomatic tension with Beijing and double non-U.S. exports over the next decade. As Carney heads to China to talk trade, Ontario premier still '100% dead against' rolling back EV tariffs

19 hours ago - Mark Carney’s trip to Beijing this week secured what he described as a “preliminary but landmark” trade deal and a recognition – welcomed by Beijing – that countries are operating in a “new world order”.

This was Prime Minister Carney’s first official visit to the People’s Republic of China. With this new trade agreement, Canada also expects to see a resolution of many long-term trade obstacles for a range of important agricultural sectors, from beef to pet food. During the Prime Minister’s visit, Canada and China secured new memorandums of understanding (MOUs) to reinforce cooperation on energy, combatting crime, cultural exchanges, wood products, and food safety and animal and plant health.

5 days ago - Mark Carney shakes hands with Xi Jinping in South Korea in October 2025. Carney has framed this week’s visit as an attempt to stabilise the two countries’ relationship. Photograph: Adrian Wyld/AP ...

1 day ago - Canadian Industry Minister Melanie Joly, who was part of Carney's delegation to China, said talks about auto tariffs were still ongoing when asked by reporters if Canada might reduce the EV tariffs by 50%. Negotiations will continue on Friday, Joly said. Efforts to strike up new dialogue have gathered pace since Carney took office last year. In a trade and economic roadmap signed on Thursday, both committed to "maintaining open channels of communication" to resolve issues on trade in agricultural products.

1 day ago - Trudeau’s former industry minister, François-Philippe Champagne, introduced a national security review targeting Chinese investment in Canadian critical minerals. Champagne was promoted to finance minister by Carney, but was not part of the federal delegation in China this week. China is Canada’s second largest trading partner, after the United States, with total annual bilateral trade valued at C$118 billion.

3 days ago - A Canadian official who spoke on the condition they not be named said the government expects to make progress in Beijing, but not secure a "definitive elimination" of China's "unfair" tariffs. "We're not going to see an immediate resolution. But we likely will see some progress or some signals in terms of where they're heading," said Vina Nadjibulla, the vice-president of research and strategy at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. As Carney heads to China to talk trade, Ontario premier still '100% dead against' rolling back EV tariffs

9 hours ago - During Carney’s visit, the sides signed an initial deal that will slash tariffs on electric vehicles and canola seeds, while vowing to make further steps to relax trade barriers.