Summary
The leaders of China and Canada, President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Mark Carney, have agreed to work on improving relations between their countries. They aim to build a "strategic partnership" in response to global challenges, despite ongoing trade tensions. Discussions are ongoing in areas like agriculture, energy, and finance, although no decisions on tariffs were announced.
Key Facts
- President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Mark Carney are working to improve China-Canada relations.
- Carney is the first Canadian prime minister to visit China in eight years.
- Talks have been ongoing since October to restore cooperation between the countries.
- Areas of focus include agriculture, energy, and finance.
- Tensions remain due to tariffs each country has imposed on the other's goods.
- Canada previously followed the U.S. in setting high tariffs on Chinese goods, leading to Chinese tariffs on Canadian products.
- Carney mentioned a desire to diversify Canada’s economy beyond reliance on the U.S.
- President Trump's trade policies have impacted both Canada’s and China’s economies.
