US EditionPrime Minister Mark Carney says he plans to meet with Chinese leader at APEC
The meeting aims to ease trade tensions caused by tariffs on Canadian agriculture and Chinese electric vehicles, marking the first formal leader talks since 2017, officials said.
- Later this week, Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in South Korea during his first trip to Asia as prime minister.
- Years of strained ties stemmed from arrests of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, and Canada imposed a 100 per cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles and batteries, prompting China's retaliatory tariffs on canola, seafood, and pork.
- Carney said he and Xi will discuss a broad range of issues on the commercial relationship and the evolution of the global system, after Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand met Wang Yi and Carney met Li Qiang.
- Premiers and business leaders in Canada have urged Carney to meet Xi to ease trade tensions, but Carney declined to say whether he would lift Canada's tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.
- The meeting would represent a significant thaw after years without direct talks, while earlier contacts included Justin Trudeau and Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanging views at G20 meeting interactions .
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Prime Minister Carney says he plans to meet with Chinese President Xi at APEC (Canada)
Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping while the pair are at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum later this week in South Korea. Carney said they will discuss "a broad range of issues, both in terms of the commercial relationship as well as the evolut...
Canada's Carney says will meet China's Xi at APEC, open to Trump talks
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Canada's Prime Minister, Mark Carney, announced on Monday that he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week in South Korea.
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