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Prime Minister Mark Carney Confirms First China Visit in More Than Eight Years to Pursue Trade Reset

Ottawa frames the trip as a reset to open markets beyond the U.S. after years of diplomatic friction with Beijing.

Prime Minister Mark Carney shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the start of a meeting in Gyeongju, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping attended a meeting in South Korea last year. Carney's trip to China next week will be the first visit by a Canadian prime minister in more than eight years.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney meets Chinese President Xi Jinping at the start of a meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Oct. 31, 2025.

Overview

  • Carney will travel to China Jan. 13–17, arriving Jan. 14, for talks that include a meeting with President Xi Jinping on trade, energy, agriculture and international security.
  • The visit marks a thaw following the Meng Wanzhou case, the detention of two Canadians and Canadian restrictions on Chinese state-owned investment.
  • Carney seeks new export markets in response to U.S. protectionism under President Donald Trump and has set a goal of doubling non-U.S. exports over the next decade.
  • Canada and China have traded tariffs, with Canada raising duties on Chinese electric vehicles, steel and aluminum and China imposing new levies on Canadian canola, prompting domestic tensions.
  • Possible follow-on stops in Doha and at the World Economic Forum in Davos remain unconfirmed, while Ottawa courts Gulf capital highlighted by recent Qatar Investment Authority deals with Fiera Capital and Ivanhoe Mines.