Overview
- The Prime Minister’s Office says the Carney–Xi meeting is set for Friday at 4 p.m. local time in South Korea, or 0700 GMT.
- Trade disputes are expected to feature prominently, with Canada’s 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles and China’s duties on Canadian canola, seafood and pork underscored by Beijing’s preliminary anti-dumping move on canola.
- Carney has framed the outreach as a reset while touring Asia to diversify markets, pitching Canada as an energy supplier and pressing to speed talks with ASEAN.
- Ottawa recently reactivated a high-level communications channel with Beijing described as a strategic partnership hotline to manage disagreements and rebuild trust.
- On the APEC sidelines, Carney and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung announced a new Canada–Korea Security and Defence Cooperation Partnership and concluded negotiations on a security-of-information pact, reflecting a parallel push to deepen Indo-Pacific defence ties.