Overview
- The Prime Minister’s Office says Mark Carney will meet President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang in Beijing during the Jan. 13–17 visit.
- The trip is the first by a Canadian prime minister to China in eight years, following an invitation from Xi after their APEC meeting that Carney called a turning point.
- Ottawa says the agenda targets cooperation on trade, energy, agriculture and international security, with tariff disputes on EVs, steel and canola identified as the central hurdle.
- Human Rights Watch urged Carney to foreground human rights, citing deepening repression and risks of forced labor in supply chains under Canadian import law.
- The delegation includes senior officials and business leaders, and the reported inclusion of new Liberal MP Michael Ma has drawn scrutiny over his past ties to a diaspora group.