Prime Minister Mark Carney looks to reset Canada-China relationship in Beijing

Prime Minister Mark Carney landed in Beijing on Wednesday for the first visit by a Canadian prime minister to China in eight years –  part of his government's efforts to rebuild Canada's fractured relationship with China and expand non-US trade. After declaring in 2022 that China is a "disruptive global power" that does not share Canada's values, the Liberal government is now shifting its China policy in the face of US President Donald Trump's attempts to upend global trade with tariffs. Dylan Loh, a professor at NTU Singapore who focuses on China's foreign policy, said Beijing needs better diplomatic relations with other countries and hopes to profit from the pushback against Washington. He expects Carney and Xi will sign "low-hanging-fruit agreements" and offer "some allusion to resetting the relationship or starting again from a clean slate" — but it will come at a cost.

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