Canada PM hails ‘strategic partnership’ with China to adapt to ‘new global realities’

Mark Carney holds talks with Xi Jinping on rare Beijing trip as Canada seeks to diversify trade links away from USBusiness live – latest updatesCanada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has hailed a “new strategic partnership” with China as he held talks in Beijing with President Xi Jinping,...

<p>Mark Carney holds talks with Xi Jinping on rare Beijing trip as Canada seeks to diversify trade links away from US</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://viewer.gutools.co.uk/business/live/2026/jan/16/uk-housing-highest-level-ftse-100-falls-commodity-market-business-live-news">Business live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has hailed a “new strategic partnership” with China as he held talks in Beijing with President <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/xi-jinping">Xi Jinping</a>, the first visit there by a Canadian leader in eight years.</p><p>Addressing Xi in the Great Hall of the People, Carney said: “Together we can build on the best of what this relationship has been in the past to create a new one adapted to new global realities.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/16/china-canada-partnership-new-global-realities-carney-xi-jinping">Continue reading...</a>
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