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Carney arrives in Turkey for meetings with Turkish president, business leaders
The visit comes as Canada and Turkey pursue a free-trade pact and expand energy cooperation, with bilateral trade totaling $4 billion a year, officials said.
- On Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Ankara for a three-day trip aimed at deepening political and economic ties with Turkey, marking the first bilateral visit by a Canadian prime minister to the NATO ally.
- Canada and Turkey conduct about $4 billion in trade annually, with both economies seeking alternatives to the increasingly protectionist United States market as Carney pursues trade diversification.
- Accompanied by Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson, Carney laid a wreath at the mausoleum of Turkish founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk shortly after arriving Thursday.
- The Prime Minister is set to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss bilateral relations and a potential free-trade pact, which the two nations formally launched talks to pursue earlier this year.
- Kerim Uras, a senior fellow at Carleton University's Centre in Modern Turkish Studies, characterized the visit as "the Carney doctrine meets Turkish pragmatism," reflecting how middle powers seek alternatives to U.S. economic pressure.
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Leaning Left5Leaning Right0Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution71% Left
Bias Distribution
- 71% of the sources lean Left
71% Left
L 71%
C 29%
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