How will Carney be able to stand up to Chinese President Xi Jinping to protect Canadian economic interests?

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Canada and China have had a difficult relationship for years. Many Canadians have a real lack of faith and trust when it comes to China’s role as an honest broker and reliable trade partner — and understandably so.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney clearly felt differently. The still-very-green prime minister somehow believes he’s identified the key to dealing with the Chinese Communists on a level playing field: give them everything they want, and more.

Carney travelled to China this week. It’s the first time one of our national leaders has visited the Communist country since 2017. He appeared to have several goals in mind: improve Canada-China relations, reduce trade barriers and alleviate restrictive tariffs.

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In reality, Carney’s “consequential and historic” trip, as one unnamed senior government official described it, only materialized for one reason. The prime minister’s relationship with the U.S., the world’s largest economy and our biggest trading partner, has soured. President Donald Trump recently said the forthcoming renegotiation........

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