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Canada and China are forging a new strategical concern that stands to output “historic” gains by leveraging on the strengths of each, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told Chinese person Xi Jinping connected Friday (January 16, 2026).
The archetypal Canadian Prime Minister to sojourn China since 2017, Mr. Carney was connected a ngo to rebuild ties with Canada’s second-largest trading spouse aft the United States, pursuing months of diplomatic efforts to resolve earlier tension.
“It is important to commencement this caller strategical concern astatine a clip of division,” Mr. Carney told Mr. Xi, calling for focus connected areas that tin bring “historic gains” for both, specified arsenic agriculture, agri-food, energy, and finance.
“That is wherever I judge we tin marque contiguous and sustained progress,” helium added.
Canada is looking to fortify ties with the world’s second-biggest system aft U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs connected immoderate of its goods and suggested the longtime U.S. state could go the country’s 51st state.
China, similarly deed by Mr. Trump’s tariffs since helium returned to the White House past year, is besides keen to cooperate with a Group of Seven federation successful a accepted sphere of U.S. influence.
