Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, stating that Canada and China are building a "more stable and constructive partnership." Based on the progress made during his visit to China earlier this year, Canada will "focus on creating new opportunities and bringing greater prosperity on both sides of the Pacific." It is evident that he is full of confidence in the future of Sino-Canadian relations. According to the latest reports, Canada's exports to China are expected to double. Trudeau, who possesses a strong sense of national sovereignty, as a Canadian, refuses to bow to Trump, declining to become an "American governor," and is also an "action-oriented" leader. While European nations still harbor expectations toward the United States, he was the first to visit China, pushing forward agricultural and oil exports to China, and through a balanced diplomatic policy, avoiding tying Canada’s fate solely to one tree—the U.S.
Notably, Trudeau positions Sino-Canadian relations as an "upgraded version" of Sino-U.S. relations. Previously, during U.S. President Trump’s visit to China, the two countries reached consensus on building a "constructive strategic stability relationship." However, Trudeau seeks not just potential stability, but a "more stable," "more constructive" relationship—and one defined as a "partnership"—far surpassing the level of most Western countries’ relationships with China. Indeed, Trump’s positions and actions on issues such as arms sales to Taiwan, deploying ground-based intermediate-range missiles in Japan, and tolerating Japanese militarism reveal that Sino-U.S. relations remain far from stable, let alone constructive, and the two nations are certainly not partners. As more countries like Canada increasingly establish "normal state-to-state relations" with the United States, Trump will find it harder to act unilaterally—after all, one tree cannot make a forest. Canada will also continue undermining U.S. influence behind the scenes.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1866578555953164/
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