Overview
- Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Xi Jinping began talks at the Great Hall of the People, marking the first visit by a Canadian leader to China since 2017 and a declared reset after years of friction.
- The visit produced a joint economic and trade cooperation roadmap and several non-binding agreements covering energy, agriculture and animal health.
- An energy memorandum of understanding establishes ministerial-level dialogue every 12–18 months and cooperation on clean technologies, conventional energy and natural uranium.
- No tariff breakthrough was announced, with Chinese duties on Canadian canola, pork and seafood and Canada’s tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles still in force as negotiations continue.
- Officials reported no firm Chinese purchase commitments for Canadian oil or LNG, though Chinese counterparts signaled interest in more Canadian energy as Ottawa pushes to diversify trade beyond the United States.