Overview
- The four-day visit runs Tuesday to Saturday with meetings set with Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang in Beijing.
- Carney casts the trip as part of a drive to reduce reliance on the United States and to double non‑U.S. exports by 2035.
- Senior officials expect to sign memoranda of understanding and discuss easing trade frictions without securing immediate removal of China’s canola tariffs.
- Talks could include expanding Canadian crude shipments to China alongside cooperation in energy, agriculture and manufacturing.
- Before departing, Carney met Coastal First Nations in Prince Rupert, and two Liberal MPs cut short a Taiwan trip to avoid mixed signals with the Beijing engagement.