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Canada Inks Trade Truce With China in Break From Trump’s Agenda

Source: Bloomberg
Mark Carney and Xi Jinping in Beijing on Jan. 16.  Photographer: Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press/AP Photo
Mark Carney and Xi Jinping in Beijing on Jan. 16. Photographer: Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press/AP Photo

China and Canada reached a wide-ranging agreement to lower trade barriers and rebuild ties, signaling a pivot in Canadian foreign policy and a break from alignment with Donald Trump’s trade agenda.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said he expects China to cut tariffs on Canadian rapeseed after meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday, in the first visit by a Canadian leader to Beijing in eight years.

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