Canada's Mark Carney meets China's Xi Jinping in Beijing
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Beijing on Wednesday night, beginning a four-day visit designed to repair foundering relations between the two nations as Canada looks to develop ties with countries other than the United States.
The trip, a whirlwind of meetings with Chinese industry and top government officials, conveyed how the prime minister is viewing the wider world.
“Diplomacy is necessary, grinning is optional, and looking like a supplicant is undignified,” Kovrig said in an interview airing Sunday on CTV’s Question Period. “That’s not a good look. So, the optics could have been better.”
Mark Carney is poised to cut Canada’s steep tariffs on Chinese electric cars in a move likely to infuriate Donald Trump.
Of particular note: crippling Chinese tariffs ranging from 76 to 100 per cent Canadian canola and 25 per cent on pork and seafood