China urges Canada to break from US influence as PM Carney...

Key Highlights

• The government bristled at former US President Joe Biden’s efforts to strengthen relations with Europe, Australia, India, Canada and others to confront China.
• Now it sees an opportunity to try to loosen those ties, though it remains cautious about how far that will go.
• Carney, for his part, has focused on trade, describing the trip to China as part of a move to forge new partnerships around the world to end Canada’s economic reliance on the American market.
• Trump has hit Canada with tariffs on its exports to the United States and suggested the vast, resource-rich country could become America’s 51st state.
• An attempt at diplomatic resuscitation —————————————— The Canadian prime minister, who took office last year, is seeking to revive a relationship with China that was marked with acrimony for more than six years under his predecessor, Justin Trudeau.