US EditionCanada, China reach initial trade deal on electric vehicles, canola
Canada will admit 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles at a 6.1% tariff rate as China reduces duties on Canadian canola and lifts tariffs on seafood exports.
- On Jan. 16, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney met President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, and the deal allows up to 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles at a 6.1 per cent tariff rate.
- After years of strained relations, Prime Minister Mark Carney billed the agreement as a preliminary measure to boost the economy and highlighted clean and conventional energy cooperation in Canada-China relations.
- Ottawa says Beijing will cut canola seed duties to 15 per cent by March and not apply tariffs on canola meal, lobsters, crabs and peas through at least the end of the year.
- Reports said the agreement came hours after Prime Minister Mark Carney's Beijing meeting and was described as ending a multi-year trade dispute over EV tariffs, though Carney called it tentative.
- Carney says the deal will boost Canada's economy and expand Chinese EV presence in Canada under a capped quota, changing auto‑sector market access for Canadian exporters.
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