Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney posted today (January 15): "Just arrived in Beijing. The relationship between Canada and China has created opportunities and prosperity on both sides of the Pacific. We are ready to establish a new partnership - a partnership built on our best achievements in the past and addressing the challenges of today."
Comment: This visit by Carney is essentially to relieve Canada's economic difficulties, with two core priorities: first, urgently seeking to open up the Chinese market to alleviate the plight of the agricultural and energy industries. Export restrictions on agricultural products such as canola and pork have caused heavy losses in western agricultural areas, and long-term reliance on the US for energy exports has led to a lack of pricing power, and it is now urgent to break the deadlock through China's vast consumer market and energy demand; second, implementing the "trade diversification" strategy. In the context of rising American protectionism and tariff pressures on Canada, it aims to reduce excessive dependence on the US, which accounts for 72% of exports, and to use China as a key pivot to hedge against US risks. This is not only an emergency measure but also a long-term strategic self-rescue.
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