China, Trump and Canada
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Trump has become increasingly concerned about Canada’s ability to defend its Arctic territory and has urged it to strengthen defences.
America’s top trading partners are responding to President Donald Trump’s trade policies by trying to take their business elsewhere.
The president has intensified his criticism of Canada in private conversations with aides in recent weeks over what he sees as the country's vulnerability to U.S. adversaries in the Arctic.
China Inc.'s biggest move into North America yet has industry officials and politicians on edge. But affordability concerns take center stage.
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Analysis: Canada’s leader leaves China pronouncing success, but Trump lurks in the background
Canadian leader Mark Carney met China’s Xi Jinping this week. The two statesmen talked. Fractured relationships began to heal.
Canada and China struck an initial trade deal on Friday that will slash tariffs on electric vehicles and canola, as both nations promised to tear down trade barriers while forging new strategic ties during Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit.
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As Trump alienates allies, China capitalizes
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney 's decision to ease trade tensions with China is the latest sign that U.S. allies squeezed by Trump-era tariffs are recalibrating — and in some cases, drifting closer to Beijing.
President Donald Trump set up the joke, and now Canada has delivered the punchline. Today Ottawa agreed to slash tariffs on 49,000 Chinese-made electric cars a year as part of a wider thaw that also lowers Chinese duties on Canadian canola and other farm goods. Prime Minister Mark Carney framed the reset as adapting to “new global realities.”