Canada Eyes China Trade Boost on Wang’s First Visit in Years (2)

May 29, 2026, 10:06 PM UTC

Foreign Minister Anita Anand said Canada aims to grow exports to China by 50% by 2030, as her Chinese counterpart visits Ottawa in a sign of a shifting global order shaped by US tariffs.

Wang Yi’s trip to Canada marks his first in a decade and he also met with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday. US President Donald Trump’s trade policy has pushed Carney to step up efforts to diversify Canada’s trade, with expanded oil and gas shipments to China high on the agenda.

Speaking before her meeting with Wang, Anand said total bilateral trade between ...

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