Mark Carney makes 1st Canadian PM visit to China since 2017
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A primer on Mark Carney’s high stakes trip to Beijing, and how the U.S. and China – two problematic superpowers – have him walking a diplomatic tightrope.
A red carpet lined with a military guard, a small girl offering flowers and no other fanfare marked the beginning of the first official visit of a Canadian prime minister
Canada was one of the first Western countries to recognize communist China, establishing ties in 1970 under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is headed to China to try to move past years of diplomatic tension and make progress on a key trade irritant — Canada's steep tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and the agricultural levies China imposed in response.