US EditionCarney’s Canada-China deals are the product of months of diplomatic hustle
China agreed to lower agricultural tariffs and loosen visa rules for Canadians as both countries resume their economic and financial strategic dialogue after diplomatic tensions.
- Friday's announcement in Beijing noted China agreed to lower agricultural tariffs for limited Chinese electric vehicle access, and Mark Carney said it reflects months of diplomatic work.
- The long-dormant Canada‑China Economic and Financial Strategic Dialogue will resume after meeting only once in November 2018 and months of intense talks following leader-level contacts.
- Diplomats and civil servants performed months of intensive spadework with planning meetings, Zoom calls, and consultations that set the stage for the Beijing trip.
- Vina Nadjibulla warned the deals could still hit hurdles if Ottawa advances policies irritating Beijing, while Carney's meeting with Xi helped unlock sectoral agreements.
- Nadjibulla said `Between these leader-level conversations that create the political space that signal what's possible then the working level officials, the whole machinery of government both in Canada and in China & is mobilized...
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Windsor-Essex chamber responds to Canada-China tariff deal
The Windsor Essex Chamber of Commerce (WECC) has weighed in on the tariff agreement reached between Canada and China.Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Friday that after meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, a "preliminary" agreement in principle was reached.Canada agreed to allow the importation of up to 49,000 electric vehicles made in China at a tariff of 6.1 per cent. In return, China agreed to cut canola seed duties fro…
Mark Carney’s China trade deal marks dramatic shift for Canada: There is ‘more than one disruptive superpower in the world’
In a series of frank and stunning statements, Carney laid out a new "pragmatic" approach to China and to global affairs that distanced Canada from the U.S.
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Carney's Canada-China deals are the product of months of diplomatic hustle
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Relations between the two countries were severe since the Canadian government stopped the daughter of the founder of China Huawei at the request of the US
China and Canada are now pushing a new stage in their bilateral relations with the signing of a road map that includes 28 cooperation measures and a trade agreement to reduce tariffs.The bilateral rapprochement was strengthened during the visit of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to the Asian giant (14-17 January), in the midst of a gradual process of improving linkages that began last year.The Chinese Ministry of Trade stated that the road m…
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