{"id":17611,"date":"2026-01-16T13:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T08:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/?p=17611"},"modified":"2026-01-16T14:06:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:06:49","slug":"canada-china-poised-for-historic-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/2026\/01\/16\/canada-china-poised-for-historic-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada, China poised for \u2018Historic\u2019 benefits under news partnership. Carney say"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canada, China poised for \u2018Historic\u2019 benefits under news partnership. Carney say<\/strong><\/h3>\n

BEIJING:\u00a0 Canada and China are working toward a new strategic partnership that could deliver \u201chistoric\u201d benefits by building on each other\u2019s strengths, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney<\/a> said during talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday.<\/p>\n

Carney, the first Canadian prime minister to visit China since 2017, is seeking to reset relations with Canada\u2019s second-largest trading partner after the United States. His visit follows months of diplomatic efforts aimed at easing earlier tensions between the two countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a time of global division, it is important to launch this new strategic partnership,\u201d Carney told Xi, highlighting areas such as agriculture, agro-food, energy, and finance as sectors with the potential for \u201chistoric gains.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are areas where we can make immediate and lasting progress,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Push to Strengthen Ties after U.S. Tariffs<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Canada\u2019s outreach to Beijing comes as it looks to diversify economic ties following U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to impose tariffs on certain Canadian goods, along with remarks suggesting Canada could become the United States\u2019 51st state.<\/p>\n

China, which has also been affected by U.S. tariffs since Trump returned to office last year, is eager to deepen cooperation with a Group of Seven country within a region traditionally influenced by Washington.<\/p>\n

\u201cI look forward to continuing our cooperation with a strong sense of responsibility to history, our peoples, and the world, and to further improve China-Canada relations,\u201d Xi told Carney.<\/p>\n

Analysts say closer ties between Ottawa and Beijing could influence the broader dynamics of Sino-U.S. rivalry, although Canada is unlikely to significantly distance itself from Washington.<\/p>\n

\u201cCanada remains a core U.S. ally and is deeply integrated into American security and intelligence frameworks,\u201d said Sun Chenghao, a fellow at Tsinghua University\u2019s Centre for International Security and Strategy. \u201cA strategic realignment away from the United States is therefore highly unlikely.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, he noted that a more pragmatic and independent Canadian economic approach toward China could allow Beijing to argue that U.S.-led economic decoupling is neither inevitable nor universally supported, even among America\u2019s closest allies.<\/p>\n

Near-Term Challenges Remain<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Despite renewed momentum, several trade disputes continue to weigh on the relationship.<\/p>\n

In 2024, the government of former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau imposed tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, mirroring similar measures taken by the United States. Ottawa argued that Chinese manufacturers benefited from state subsidies that created unfair competitive advantages and threatened Canada\u2019s auto industry.<\/p>\n

China responded in March with tariffs on more than $2.6 billion worth of Canadian agricultural and food products, including canola oil and meal, and later extended duties to canola seed in August. As a result, China\u2019s imports of Canadian goods fell by 10.4% in 2025.<\/p>\n

Talks aimed at resolving the tariff disputes are ongoing, Canada\u2019s industry minister said in Beijing on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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Source: Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Canada, China poised for \u2018Historic\u2019 benefits under news partnership. Carney say BEIJING:\u00a0 Canada and China are working toward a new strategic partnership that could deliver \u201chistoric\u201d benefits by building on each other\u2019s strengths, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said during talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday. Carney, the first Canadian prime minister to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2297,2299],"tags":[3716],"class_list":["post-17611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-change","category-latest-news","category-world","tag-canada-pm-mark-carney-china-president-xi-jinping"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17611"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17614,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17611\/revisions\/17614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}