BEIJING (AP) — ºÃÉ«tv Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Beijing on Wednesday night, beginning a four-day visit designed to repair foundering relations between the two nations as Canada looks to develop relations with countries other than the United States.
It’s the first visit of a ºÃÉ«tv leader to China Carney will meet with Premier Li Qiang, his counterpart as head of government, and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
China’s state media has been calling on the ºÃÉ«tv government to set a foreign policy path independent of the United States —
Canada has long been one of America’s closest allies, geographically and otherwise. But Beijing is hoping that President Donald Trump’s economic aggression — and, now, military action — against other countries will erode that longstanding relationship. Trump has said, among other things, that Canada could become the 51st U.S. state.
Carney has focused on trade, describing the trip to China as part of a move to forge new partnerships around the world to end Canada’s economic reliance on the American market. Trump has on its exports to the United States and suggested the vast, resource-rich country could become America’s 51st state.
The Chinese government bristled at former U.S. President Joe Biden’s with Europe, Australia, India, Canada and others to confront China. Now it sees an opportunity to try to loosen those ties, though it remains cautious about how far that will go.
The downturn in relations started with the arrest of a Chinese tech executive in late 2018 at American request and was fueled more recently by the government of former Premier Justin Trudeau, which decided in 2024 to follow in imposing a 100% tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles. China has retaliated for both that and a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum with its own tariffs on ºÃÉ«tv exports including canola, seafood and pork.
Carney in October at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea.
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