https://www.scmp.com/rss/511551/feed Latest news and updates on the changing relations between Canada and China, from trade deals to the Meng Wanzhou saga and its fallout. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Bloomberg Bloomberg A Canadian who was detained in China for nearly three years warned that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s electric vehicle deal risks creating a strategic dependency that the Asian superpower can exploit for political coercion. Michael Kovrig, a former diplomat who was imprisoned from 2018 to 2021, said on Tuesday that the agreement would lead to unfair competition and the erosion of Canada’s industrial base. Carney announced during a January trip to Beijing that Canada would accept an initial quota... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3350931/canadian-who-was-detained-china-warns-against-carneys-electric-vehicle-deal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3350931/canadian-who-was-detained-china-warns-against-carneys-electric-vehicle-deal?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:42:21 +0000 Fox Yi Hu Fox Yi Hu In Canada, fans and foes of Chinese electric vehicles are holding their breath for brands like BYD to hit the market. Whether they love them or not, they share the hope that Chinese carmakers will help to bring all EV prices down, as affordability becomes a growing concern for consumers. Companies including BYD, Geely, Nio and Xpeng are preparing to roll out sales locations in Canada, seizing the opportunity of warmer ties between the two countries. Ottawa struck a milestone trade deal with... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3350483/china-trade-deal-has-canadians-looking-forward-cheaper-electric-vehicles?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3350483/china-trade-deal-has-canadians-looking-forward-cheaper-electric-vehicles?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:00:09 +0000 Xiaofei Xu Xiaofei Xu Canada’s finance minister will travel to China for a four-day visit, China’s Finance Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. “Following the Prime Minister’s visit, I am travelling to the People’s Republic of China to re-engage with counterparts, strengthen our economic relationship, and advance priorities on trade and investment, building on our existing [Canadian] $118.9B [US$85.7 billion] in two-way trade,” Canadian Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said in a social media post on... https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3348710/canadas-finance-minister-visits-china-both-countries-seek-bolster-ties?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3348710/canadas-finance-minister-visits-china-both-countries-seek-bolster-ties?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:24:44 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Canada will allow TikTok to continue operating in the country, a complete reversal after the government had previously ordered the social media company to close its Canadian division for security reasons. In November 2024, under former prime minister Justin Trudeau, Canada ordered ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese owner, to wind down its Canadian subsidiary. That would not have banned the app’s use but would have forced its offices in Toronto and Vancouver to close. But in January, that order was set... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346025/tiktok-gets-green-light-stay-canada-reversing-earlier-ban?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346025/tiktok-gets-green-light-stay-canada-reversing-earlier-ban?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Mar 2026 23:31:28 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Canadian Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said China cannot serve as a substitute for the US, rebuking Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent outreach to the Asian superpower amid strained ties with the Trump administration. In a speech to business leaders on Thursday, Poilievre outlined his vision for the country’s relationship with the US and how his party would approach the trade war differently from the Carney government. “Canada’s prosperity and security are inseparable from a stable... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344791/china-cannot-replace-us-carneys-conservative-rival-warns?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344791/china-cannot-replace-us-carneys-conservative-rival-warns?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Feb 2026 21:56:02 +0000 Kandy Wong Kandy Wong A reported threat by US President Donald Trump to withdraw from the North American trade pact could push Canada closer to China, analysts say, even as his new global 15 per cent tariff has little immediate impact due to existing trade agreements. Washington, Ottawa and Mexico City are set to renegotiate terms of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) before a possible extension on July 1. Earlier this month, Bloomberg reported that Trump was quietly considering exiting the trade deal –... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3344595/trumps-usmca-exit-threat-seen-pushing-canada-chinas-arms-hedge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3344595/trumps-usmca-exit-threat-seen-pushing-canada-chinas-arms-hedge?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:00:08 +0000 Reuters Reuters Canada and the United ⁠States will resolve the issue of a US$4.7 billion bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, that US President Donald Trump is unhappy about, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters on Tuesday. Carney said he and Trump had a conversation on Tuesday morning about a range of topics, including the ‌bridge. “The situation will be settled,” Carney said, but did not give details. Trump threatened to bar the new bridge opening, in his latest salvo against Canada... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343112/carny-speaks-trump-after-he-demands-half-bridge-canada-paid?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343112/carny-speaks-trump-after-he-demands-half-bridge-canada-paid?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:12:21 +0000 Orange Wang Orange Wang The United States has appeared “more threatening” over the past year, while perceptions of China have improved markedly in parts of the Western world, according to a global risk survey released on Monday. The same report, released in the lead-up to the Munich Security Conference (MSC) this week, also accused Beijing of “increasingly threatening regional stability” in the Indo-Pacific, while warning that President Donald Trump’s “vacillating” China policy was causing a “crisis of confidence”... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3343087/trumps-vacillating-china-policy-leads-allies-crisis-confidence-security-report?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3343087/trumps-vacillating-china-policy-leads-allies-crisis-confidence-security-report?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:00:15 +0000 Fan Chen Fan Chen In a sign of warming China-Canada ties, Beijing has reversed a Canadian citizen’s death sentence and ordered a new trial, calling the judicial ruling “independent”. The Supreme People’s Court, China’s highest judicial organ, on Friday overturned a death sentence against Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, who was detained in 2014 on suspicion of drug trafficking. Asked to comment on the ruling during a regular press briefing on Monday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said that judicial... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3342944/china-overturns-death-sentence-canadian-convicted-drug-smuggling?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3342944/china-overturns-death-sentence-canadian-convicted-drug-smuggling?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:17 +0000 Kandy Wong Kandy Wong China’s resumption of Canadian canola purchases, brokered during Prime Minister Mark Carney’s state visit to Beijing last month, faces an uncertain year, with upcoming North American trade talks posing a significant risk, industry players warn. Beyond the initial shipments, some insiders said, there remained “no public assurance” that imports would continue uninterrupted, as the United States was likely to turn the region, through a renewed trade pact with Canada and Mexico, into a... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3342694/china-canada-canola-deal-faces-fragility-test-usmca-trade-talks-loom-insiders-warn?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3342694/china-canada-canola-deal-faces-fragility-test-usmca-trade-talks-loom-insiders-warn?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Feb 2026 12:00:14 +0000 Dewey Sim Dewey Sim In the first few weeks of this year alone, the leaders of two of the five “eyes” in the world’s oldest intelligence-sharing alliance signalled they were ready to rethink their relationship with China. First came Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and then this week it was the turn of his British counterpart, Keir Starmer. And in both cases, the visits have prompted warnings from US President Donald Trump. As Western economies grapple with the unpredictability and at times hostility of the White... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3341885/canada-and-uk-hit-refresh-china-ties-end-five-eyes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3341885/canada-and-uk-hit-refresh-china-ties-end-five-eyes?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Jan 2026 01:00:13 +0000 David Dodwell David Dodwell In Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, Mike Campbell described how he went bankrupt: “Gradually, and then suddenly.” Over the past weeks, there is a feeling that US President Donald Trump and his administration have reached the “suddenly” bit. First, Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney captivated a World Economic Forum audience when he described the “rupture” in the rules-based order, a “bargain” that “no longer works”: leaving middle countries like Canada with no choice but to dilute their... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3341726/gradually-then-suddenly-world-waking-us-threat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3341726/gradually-then-suddenly-world-waking-us-threat?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:30:14 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Tuesday that he told US President Donald Trump that he meant what he said in his speech at Davos, and told him Canada plans to diversify away from the United States with a dozen new trade deals. Carney rolled his eyes and rejected US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s contention to Fox News that he aggressively walked back his comments at the World Economic Forum during a phone call with Trump on Monday. “To be absolutely clear, and I said this to the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341465/carney-rolls-eyes-us-treasury-chief-says-he-told-trump-he-meant-what-he-said-davos?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341465/carney-rolls-eyes-us-treasury-chief-says-he-told-trump-he-meant-what-he-said-davos?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:26:49 +0000 Peggy Ye Peggy Ye China’s biggest mining company Zijin Mining Group is acquiring Canadian miner Allied Gold in an all-cash deal valued at about C$5.5 billion (US$4 billion), the first major cross-border transaction after Beijing and Ottawa recently reset ties after years of diplomatic strain. Zijin Gold International, a Hong Kong-listed subsidiary of Zijin Mining, agreed to buy all issued and outstanding shares of Allied Gold for C$44 per share, according to a joint announcement on Monday. Zijin Gold’s shares... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3341330/chinas-largest-gold-miner-zijin-buys-canadas-allied-gold-us4-billion-ties-thaw?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3341330/chinas-largest-gold-miner-zijin-buys-canadas-allied-gold-us4-billion-ties-thaw?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 27 Jan 2026 03:37:54 +0000 Wenran Jiang Wenran Jiang Historians may mark January 20, 2026, as a landmark moment. That day, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, during his speech at Davos, declared the terminal decay of the US-led international order and charted a principled, pragmatic path for middle powers caught in the crossfire of great power rivalry. The significance lies in the fact that this bold critique came from Canada – a nation deeply intertwined with the United States through an alliance, as well as proximity and economic ties. US... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3341214/canadas-carney-charts-third-path-middle-powers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3341214/canadas-carney-charts-third-path-middle-powers?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:30:08 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The United States will impose 100 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports should Ottawa finalise a new trade deal with China, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday, amplifying a similar threat from US President Donald Trump a day earlier. “We can’t let Canada become an opening that the Chinese pour their cheap goods into the US,” Bessent said on ABC’s This Week. During a visit to Beijing on January 16, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a thaw in bilateral relations with China,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341190/us-slap-full-tariffs-canada-if-it-seals-china-trade-deal-says-scott-bessent?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341190/us-slap-full-tariffs-canada-if-it-seals-china-trade-deal-says-scott-bessent?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 25 Jan 2026 22:51:50 +0000 Connor Mycroft Connor Mycroft Deans from several of Canada’s top engineering programmes are exploring new academic exchange opportunities in Hong Kong, as relations between Ottawa and Beijing warm, with a forum organiser highlighting the city’s “pivotal role” in rebuilding ties. Speaking at the Canadian Engineering Asia-Pacific Conference, academics expressed hope that their students could learn from mainland China’s “impressive” development while also highlighting opportunities arising from major national projects in both... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3341106/hong-kong-pivotal-rebuilding-canada-china-academic-links-experts-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3341106/hong-kong-pivotal-rebuilding-canada-china-academic-links-experts-say?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 24 Jan 2026 10:31:41 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial For decades, the World Economic Forum was the ultimate symbol of globalisation. This week, we may have witnessed the end of that symbolism as the so-called rules-based order looks to be crumbling. US President Donald Trump flew into Davos and held forth on his view of the world, promptly starting a clash with long-standing American allies hoping for some semblance of sense and order. From Canada and Greenland to Ukraine, from trade preferences to tariffs, Trump demanded his pound of flesh from... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3340863/trumps-antics-davos-eroding-last-shred-trust-us-leadership?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3340863/trumps-antics-davos-eroding-last-shred-trust-us-leadership?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Jan 2026 23:15:11 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han Look for the US and Canada to move farther apart on China policy, even in areas where they were previously aligned, analysts say, days after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a multifaceted deal with Beijing. In recent years, Washington and Ottawa had drawn closer together when it came to dealing with Beijing, from electric vehicle tariffs and research security to investment screening. But that convergence is now fraying, analysts say, as Canada signals a greater willingness to... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3340910/us-and-canada-drift-apart-china-ottawa-rethinks-beijing-ties?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3340910/us-and-canada-drift-apart-china-ottawa-rethinks-beijing-ties?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Jan 2026 20:04:17 +0000 Reuters Reuters Canada’s federal court on ‍Wednesday overturned a government order to close TikTok’s Canadian operations, allowing the short-video app to keep operating for now, and told Ottawa to review the ⁠case. In November 2024, Canada’s industry ministry ordered TikTok’s business to be dissolved, citing national security risks, but added the government was not blocking access or users’ ability to create content. TikTok, which says it ‍has more than 14 million monthly users in Canada, appealed against the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340749/canada-court-overturns-government-order-shut-down-tiktoks-operations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340749/canada-court-overturns-government-order-shut-down-tiktoks-operations?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:59:50 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney used a major address in Davos to argue that the world’s middle powers must band together to resist coercion from aggressive superpowers. Recent events have shown the “rules-based international order” is effectively dead, Carney said, which means Canada and other countries have no choice but to create new alliances to oppose pressure tactics and intimidation by the world’s great powers. His speech did not mention US President Donald Trump by name. Canada stands... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340617/canada-pms-blunt-message-davos-rules-based-order-dead?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340617/canada-pms-blunt-message-davos-rules-based-order-dead?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Jan 2026 22:13:39 +0000 Brian Y. S. Wong Brian Y. S. Wong For all his bombast, few could have imagined the sound and fury with which Donald Trump has taken to foreign policymaking in his second presidential term. Over the past 12 months, the US president has laid bare American ambitions to lay claim to territories within its near periphery deemed to be of strategic significance. From Greenland – a mineral-rich autonomous territory of Denmark – to Panama, a critical maritime trade choke point, the White House has made its geopolitical appetite... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3340443/trumps-blunt-interventions-risk-undermining-us-interests?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3340443/trumps-blunt-interventions-risk-undermining-us-interests?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:30:08 +0000 Wang Huiyao Wang Huiyao The global landscape is undergoing profound rupture. The United States has blatantly interfered in the internal affairs of Venezuela through direct military action and openly covets Greenland. US President Donald Trump has called Canada the “51st state” of his country and threatened to “take back” the Panama Canal. The US is undermining the core assumptions that have underpinned the Western alliance system. Against this backdrop, Canada’s policy community broadly and Prime Minister Mark Carney... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3340315/why-china-canada-trade-and-global-cooperation-are-now-ripe-progress?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3340315/why-china-canada-trade-and-global-cooperation-are-now-ripe-progress?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:30:10 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial China and Canada have reached a wide-ranging deal to lower trade barriers and restore ties broken after years of enmity and recrimination. It heralds what President Xi Jinping has called a “new strategic partnership” and what Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said was a “new world order”. Both sides see it as a win-win, two countries that dared to retaliate against the United States’ tariff war. The visit was the first to China by a Canadian leader in eight years and the second time the two... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3340296/china-canada-turnaround-ties-marks-new-spirit-global-cooperation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3340296/china-canada-turnaround-ties-marks-new-spirit-global-cooperation?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 18 Jan 2026 23:15:15 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han US President Donald Trump on Friday brushed aside concerns over a Canada-China trade deal involving Ottawa agreeing to reduce tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, saying it was “a good thing” for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to pursue the deal. “That’s OK. That’s what he should be doing. It’s a good thing for him to sign a trade deal. If you can get a deal with China, you should do that,” Trump said, when asked about the agreement announced earlier in the day. The remarks not only... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3340232/trump-shrugs-concerns-over-canada-china-ev-deal-calls-it-good-thing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3340232/trump-shrugs-concerns-over-canada-china-ev-deal-calls-it-good-thing?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:55:15 +0000 Ji Siqi,Sylvia Ma,Dewey Sim Ji Siqi,Sylvia Ma,Dewey Sim China and Canada have agreed to remove the triple-digit tariffs imposed on each other’s imports – a major thaw in relations after years of icy diplomatic and trade ties – as Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney wrapped up his state visit in Beijing. Canada will remove the additional 100 per cent in tariffs it had levied on Chinese electric vehicle (EV) imports – imposed in 2024 following a similar move from the United States – while China will lower its tariffs on Canadian canola, Carney said on... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3340160/canada-remove-100-tariffs-chinese-ev-imports-prime-minister?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3340160/canada-remove-100-tariffs-chinese-ev-imports-prime-minister?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Jan 2026 09:08:04 +0000 Haining Gao,Neil Denslow Haining Gao,Neil Denslow Canada and China agreed to lower tariffs on each other’s goods as once-frosty relations between the two countries improve amid what Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney this week called a “new world order”. China will cut levies on Canadian canola seed to 15 per cent and suspend tariffs on other goods including canola meal and lobster by March 1, Carney told reporters in Beijing after meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping. Canada will let in 49,000 Chinese-made electric vehicles at tariff rates of... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3340159/china-canada-accord-us-taiwan-chips-deal-gdp-slowdown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3340159/china-canada-accord-us-taiwan-chips-deal-gdp-slowdown?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Jan 2026 09:01:17 +0000 Dewey Sim,Alyssa Chen Dewey Sim,Alyssa Chen China and Canada have embarked on a new strategic partnership, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in the Chinese capital on Friday as he announced a series of deals and suggested that Beijing was a “more predictable” partner than Washington. After talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Carney, whose four-day visit to China ends on Saturday, said the two countries made “significant progress” on key issues during a “historic and productive two days”. He said bilateral ties had been... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3340103/carney-calls-china-canada-relationship-adapts-new-global-reality?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3340103/carney-calls-china-canada-relationship-adapts-new-global-reality?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Jan 2026 04:44:38 +0000 Alyssa Chen,Dewey Sim Alyssa Chen,Dewey Sim China and Canada are at a “new starting point” and the two countries should deepen cooperation to protect multilateralism and free trade. That was the message Premier Li Qiang had for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in Beijing on Thursday, on the second day of a four-day state visit to China. “Standing at a new starting point, China is willing to work with Canada to uphold the strategic partnership, strengthen dialogue and communication, enhance political mutual trust, respect each other’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3340048/china-and-canada-new-starting-point-mark-carney-breaks-ice-state-visit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3340048/china-and-canada-new-starting-point-mark-carney-breaks-ice-state-visit?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:54:18 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg For months, many Canadians hoped Donald Trump had lost interest in making their country the 51st US state – his plate full with turning Washington and the global trading system upside down. Those hopes are fading. The shock capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Trump’s ramped-up talk of seizing Greenland have rattled Canada, forcing citizens to take seriously the US president’s past threats to Canadian sovereignty. The administration’s declaration that “THIS IS OUR HEMISPHERE” makes... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339463/trumps-venezuela-and-greenland-threats-make-canada-fear-its-next?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339463/trumps-venezuela-and-greenland-threats-make-canada-fear-its-next?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 10 Jan 2026 21:12:49 +0000 Zhao Ziwen Zhao Ziwen Trade, particularly in energy, is expected to dominate Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s talks in China next week as his country looks to reduce its economic reliance on the United States. Carney’s five-day trip starts on Tuesday and will be the first by a Canadian leader to China since 2017. Carney said on Wednesday that his trip was part of a broader effort to bolster Canada’s economic resilience. “We’re forging new partnerships around the world to transform our economy from one that has... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3339199/what-will-top-agenda-when-canadas-mark-carney-heads-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3339199/what-will-top-agenda-when-canadas-mark-carney-heads-china?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Jan 2026 12:00:11 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will make an official visit to China next week as his government tries to rebuild relations with the Asian superpower and reduce Canada’s economic reliance on the US. Carney is set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the visit and will have discussions on trade, energy, agriculture and international security, his office said Wednesday. It will be the first trip to China by a Canadian prime minister in nearly a decade, after a diplomatic row was... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339101/canadas-carney-visit-china-trump-tariffs-hurt-us-ties?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339101/canadas-carney-visit-china-trump-tariffs-hurt-us-ties?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 Jan 2026 17:18:30 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo What a difference an administration change makes in Ottawa, even though both the current and preceding governments are from the Liberal Party. Three years ago, Canada under Justin Trudeau labelled China a “disruptive global power”. Last month, his successor Mark Carney reached agreement with Beijing to revive the strategic partnership the two nations signed in 2005, with Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand saying the framework would be “renewed and refocused”. “We must be nuanced in our... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3332212/carneys-canada-finally-gets-real-about-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3332212/carneys-canada-finally-gets-real-about-china?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:30:09 +0000 Dewey Sim Dewey Sim Beijing is willing to work with Ottawa to deepen communication and accelerate cooperation, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Canadian counterpart in another sign of improving ties between the two countries. According to a Chinese foreign ministry statement, Wang told Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand in a phone call on Tuesday that the two countries could strengthen coordination in areas including foreign affairs and commerce, and “properly address their legitimate concerns and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3332355/china-keen-pick-pace-cooperation-canada-top-chinese-diplomat-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3332355/china-keen-pick-pace-cooperation-canada-top-chinese-diplomat-says?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Nov 2025 11:00:13 +0000 Ralph Jennings Ralph Jennings Beijing’s decision to allow group travel to Canada to resume for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic has sparked a surge in interest in visiting the country among Chinese consumers, with Chinese travel platforms recording a jump in related searches. China announced it was ending the group tour ban in early November, just days after Chinese President Xi Jinping met Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in South Korea and called for relations between the two countries to get “back onto the... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3331957/canada-travel-searches-spike-china-group-tours-resume-interest-surged?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3331957/canada-travel-searches-spike-china-group-tours-resume-interest-surged?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 07 Nov 2025 14:00:09 +0000 Dewey Sim Dewey Sim The leaders of China and Canada held their first formal talks since 2017 on Friday, with both sides agreeing to revive exchanges and cooperation in an effort to repair strained ties. Chinese President Xi Jinping met Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, telling him that relations showed a “trend of recovery and positive development” following their nations’ mutual efforts. “[China] is willing to work... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3331119/xi-carney-talks-open-door-canada-make-lost-time-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3331119/xi-carney-talks-open-door-canada-make-lost-time-china?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Oct 2025 14:00:11 +0000 Shi Jiangtao Shi Jiangtao Chinese Premier Li Qiang has expressed hope that trade tensions with Canada could be de-escalated and their strained ties stabilised in a “practical and constructive” manner as tougher US tariffs loom. In a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in New York on Tuesday, Li called on both sides to act responsibly towards a “healthy, stable and sustainable” partnership while urging Ottawa to adopt a “correct” perception of China. Carney later described it as a “very constructive set of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3326704/chinese-premier-li-qiang-voices-hope-better-trade-and-stable-ties-canada?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3326704/chinese-premier-li-qiang-voices-hope-better-trade-and-stable-ties-canada?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Sep 2025 10:18:50 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday rolled out a multibillion-dollar relief package for businesses battered by tariffs imposed by both the US and China. Carney said his government will invest C$5 billion (US$3.6 billion) through a new fund to help firms adapt, diversify and grow, as well as boost Business Development Bank of Canada loans for small and medium-sized businesses and expand a loan facility for tariff-hit large enterprises. He also said his government would waive 2026 model... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324575/canadas-carney-unveils-billions-relief-hit-trump-and-china-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324575/canadas-carney-unveils-billions-relief-hit-trump-and-china-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Sep 2025 18:49:26 +0000 Wenran Jiang Wenran Jiang Geopolitical tremors from Washington’s trade wars against its closest allies – the European Union, Japan, South Korea, Canada and Australia – might have convinced Beijing of an impending realignment. China has seized the moment with a charm offensive, urging pragmatic cooperation amid tariff spats. Beijing rightly condemns Washington for shredding the very World Trade Organization rules and post-war liberal order it crafted, calling for collective action against US coercion. Yet despite the... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3322705/why-us-allies-are-resisting-chinas-charm-offensive-trade?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3322705/why-us-allies-are-resisting-chinas-charm-offensive-trade?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Aug 2025 12:30:08 +0000 Kandy Wong,Mia Nulimaimaiti Kandy Wong,Mia Nulimaimaiti Canada’s status as the dominant supplier of canola to China appears to be under threat as shipments plunge amid a tit-for-tat tariff battle between the two nations. And Australia is already emerging as an alternative source of the staple vegetable oil, analysts and industry insiders say. China’s imports of canola from Canada fell by 55 per cent year on year to 173,250 tonnes in July – the lowest level recorded since July 2023 – Chinese customs data showed. The value of those shipments was down... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3322525/china-turns-away-canadian-canola-australia-emerges-alternative-supplier?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3322525/china-turns-away-canadian-canola-australia-emerges-alternative-supplier?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:19 +0000 Alice Li,Kandy Wong Alice Li,Kandy Wong China has launched an anti-dumping investigation into pea starch imported from Canada, marking Beijing’s latest retaliatory measure against Canada’s tariffs targeting Chinese steel. The probe was initiated at the request of domestic industry insiders, with preliminary evidence showing a significant increase in dumped Canadian pea starch in recent years, according to the Ministry of Commerce. “With import prices below domestic products, it has been causing losses and difficulties for China’s... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3321610/china-launches-anti-dumping-investigation-canadian-pea-starch-imports?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3321610/china-launches-anti-dumping-investigation-canadian-pea-starch-imports?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:30:15 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial When Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney came to power, there was hope that he might try to improve relations with China, which have been in a deep freeze since the debacle over Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou. After all, China is the country’s second-largest trading partner after the US. The answer came last weekend. Citing national security, Ottawa ordered the Canadian branch of Hikvision, the partly state-owned Chinese security camera manufacturer, to completely shut down all its operations in the... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3316934/canada-playing-dangerous-game-provoking-both-china-and-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3316934/canada-playing-dangerous-game-provoking-both-china-and-us?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Jul 2025 22:45:08 +0000 Kandy Wong Kandy Wong The Canadian government appears to be caught between “a rock and a hard place” after trying to introduce tough measures targeting both American and Chinese companies last week, analysts said. Ottawa raised eyebrows by ordering a high-profile Chinese company to cease operations in the country due to national security concerns on Friday – the same day that US President Donald Trump announced he was breaking off trade negotiations with Canada over its proposed digital services tax. But Canada has... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3316372/canada-playing-risky-game-tough-moves-against-us-and-china-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3316372/canada-playing-risky-game-tough-moves-against-us-and-china-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Jun 2025 13:00:08 +0000 Liu Zhen Liu Zhen China and Canada have agreed to work to “reset relations” in a phone call between Premier Li Qiang and Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday. After years of “unnecessary disruption” and “serious difficulties” in the relationship, China would now like to see it developing in a “healthy and stable” way, Li said, according to the Chinese foreign ministry. Both leaders acknowledged the importance of engagement and agreed to regularise channels of communication, according to the Canadians. The Chinese... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3313440/china-hoping-healthy-and-stable-relations-canada-after-li-carney-call?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3313440/china-hoping-healthy-and-stable-relations-canada-after-li-carney-call?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:58:05 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo Elon Musk, who described himself as Donald Trump’s “First Buddy”, had a very public clash with “First Brain” Peter Navarro. The founder of Tesla, whose market cap has crashed along with Musk’s personal reputation, last month took to social media to call Navarro “truly a moron” and “dumber than a sack of bricks”. Given Musk’s own highly destructive sackings, downsizing and cancelling of key departments within the US federal government under his Doge, or Department of Government Efficiency, drive... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3309521/shell-shocked-voters-us-allies-choose-stability-over-disruption?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3309521/shell-shocked-voters-us-allies-choose-stability-over-disruption?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 May 2025 04:37:21 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han Canada’s new government is likely to have more political latitude to work with China if tensions with America persist, analysts said, as Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party secured a win in an election defined by voter hostility to US President Donald Trump’s trade war and aggressive rhetoric targeting Canada. In a related vein, Canada’s appetite for political alignment with the US on China, its second-largest trading partner, is expected to wane, analysts added. “There are real pressures... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3308440/canada-now-likely-has-more-latitude-work-china-if-us-tensions-persist-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3308440/canada-now-likely-has-more-latitude-work-china-if-us-tensions-persist-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Apr 2025 23:00:34 +0000 Laura Zhou Laura Zhou Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is unlikely to push for a break in the political deadlock between Beijing and Ottawa, despite their shared trade frictions with Washington under US President Donald Trump, according to analysts. The assessment came as Carney, a former central banker, and his Liberal Party fended off challenges from the Conservative Party and declared victory in Canada’s federal election early on Tuesday. The election drew intense international attention after Trump launched a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3308420/carneys-win-wont-break-canada-china-deadlock-trump-threat-could-ease-trade-ties?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3308420/carneys-win-wont-break-canada-china-deadlock-trump-threat-could-ease-trade-ties?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:19:35 +0000 Reuters Reuters Canada said on Monday the most popular news account on Chinese social media platform WeChat was pushing false narratives about Prime Minister Mark Carney in a bid to influence the Canadian election campaign. “The information operation targeting Mr Carney is deliberately amplifying narratives in a coordinated and inauthentic way on WeChat, to Chinese audiences, including communities living in Canada,” the government’s Privy Council Office said. In a statement, Ottawa said the account had targeted... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3305574/canada-says-wechat-news-account-pushing-false-narratives-about-pm-mark-carney?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3305574/canada-says-wechat-news-account-pushing-false-narratives-about-pm-mark-carney?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:43:16 +0000 A Chinese-Canadian member of parliament at the centre of a foreign interference controversy has decided to drop out ahead of high-stakes national elections this month, after his former party chose not to nominate him. Han Dong, previously an MP for the governing Liberal Party, resigned from the party in 2023 after a news report alleged that he advised the Chinese consulate in Toronto in 2021 to delay the release of two Canadians, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, then being held in China. Dong,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3304816/chinese-canadian-mp-focus-foreign-interference-inquiries-drops-re-election-bid?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3304816/chinese-canadian-mp-focus-foreign-interference-inquiries-drops-re-election-bid?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Apr 2025 20:26:43 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Canada has launched a dispute against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over additional duties on agricultural and fishery products, the international body said on Monday. “Canada has requested WTO dispute consultations with China concerning Chinese measures that impose additional import duties on certain agricultural and fishery products from Canada,” the agency said. The tariffs, announced earlier this month, hit rapeseed oil, oil cakes – a type of animal feed – and peas imported... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3303698/canada-files-wto-trade-action-against-chinese-agriculture-fishery-import-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3303698/canada-files-wto-trade-action-against-chinese-agriculture-fishery-import-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:11:04 +0000