Carney to Visit China to Talk Trade With Xi as US Tariffs Hit Growth

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. It marks the first trip by a Canadian head of state to China in nearly a decade. Carney is set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the visit and will have discussions on trade, energy, agriculture and international security. “Distance is not the way to solve problems, not the way to serve our people,” the prime minister said.