Agri-food and trade are foundations of the longstanding relationship between Canada and China – and China continues to be our second-largest export market. To renew and strengthen that relationship, Prime Minister Carney and President Xi secured a preliminary agreement-in-principle with landmark measures to remove trade barriers and reduce tariffs:

6 hours ago - Prime Minister Mark Carney described it as a "preliminary but landmark" agreement to remove trade barriers and reduce tariffs, part of a broader strategic partnership with China.

6 hours ago - Prime Minister Mark Carney, who announced a deal Friday with China on a range of sectors, including canola and a tariff-quota arrangement on electric vehicles, took questions on the terms of the deal, what it means for Canada — and the ...

9 hours ago - BEIJING, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Canada and China struck an initial trade deal on Friday that will slash tariffs on electric vehicles and canola, as both nations promised to tear down trade barriers while forging new strategic ties during Prime Minister ...

10 hours ago - The Liberal government has reached a deal with Beijing to slash tariffs on a set number of Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for China dropping duties on agriculture products, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday.

7 hours ago - Prime Minister Mark Carney reached a deal with China to allow nearly 50,000 Chinese-made electric vehicles into Canada at a low tariff rate in return for big reductions in Beijing’s levies on canola seed and a promised elimination of its tariffs ...

16 hours ago - China is expected to lower levies on Canadian canola oil from 85% to 15% by 1 March, while Ottawa has agreed to tax Chinese electric vehicles at the most-favoured-nation rate, 6.1%, Carney told reporters.

10 hours ago - Carney announced on Friday that Canada and China had reached a preliminary trade deal aimed at reducing tariffs, including a commitment to import 49,000 electric vehicles from China at preferential tariff rates.

4 hours ago - “Let China come in.” · Carney ... trade agreement, aimed at ending a tariff war. The deal centres on a trade-off between agriculture and electric vehicles....

10 hours ago - Prime Minister Mark Carney said he expects China to cut tariffs on Canadian rapeseed, also known as canola, after meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday, in the first visit by a Canadian leader to Beijing in eight years.

9 hours ago - Carney announced that through a “preliminary but landmark” deal with China, Canada will allow up to 49,000 Chinese EVs into the country under the most-favored nation tariff rate of 6.1 percent.

1 day ago - Prime Minister Mark Carney witnessed the signing of an agreement to co-operate more with China on clean and conventional energy the first day of talks in Beijing on Thursday, after years of difficult relations between the two countries.

10 hours ago - It marks the prime minister's first ... threat facing the country. Carney described this as a "preliminary but landmark" agreement to remove trade barriers and reduce tariffs, part of a broader strategic partnership with ...

7 hours ago - "It's a partnership that reflects the world as it is today, with an engagement that is realistic, respectful and interest-based," Carney told a news conference in Beijing. The deal comes after a decade of tense relations between the two countries.

8 hours ago - Prime Minister Mark Carney hailed a “new strategic partnership ”as China and Canada cut tariffs after a meeting with President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday.

7 hours ago - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, who accompanied Carney on the trip to Beijing, applauded the deal on Friday. ... Pete Hoekstra says U.S. 'does not need Canada' ... This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. ... “Today’s trade deal to significantly reduce Chinese tariffs on canola and other Canadian products is very good news for Canada and Saskatchewan,” wrote Moe, on social media. ... Some trade analysts have warned that a deal with China ...