Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney concluded a four-day visit to China on Jan. 17 with a provisional agreement, but analysts warn the move empowers Beijing to discipline Ottawa if ties sour and it threatens the country’s national security.
Canada announced a “new strategic partnership” with China following Carney’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Jan. 16, marking the first visit by a Canadian prime minister since 2017.
Carney unveiled a provisional commercial pact that allows the import of 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) at a most-favored-nation rate of 6.1 percent in exchange for Beijing slashing its tariffs on Canadian canola from nearly 85 percent to roughly 15 percent by March “until at least the end of this year,” according to Carney’s offie….
Beijing Exploits Economic Pact to Penetrate Ottawa, Split US–Canada, Analysts Say
