56 h. ago Canada PM hails ‘strategic partnership’ with China to adapt to ‘new global realities’

Mark Carney held talks with Xi Jinping on rare Beijing trip as Canada seeks to diversify trade links away from USBusiness live – latest updatesCanada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has hailed a “new strategic partnership” with China as he held talks in Beijing with President Xi Jinping, the first visit there by a Canadian leader in eight years.Addressing Xi in the Great Hall of the People, Carney said: “Together we can build on the best of what this relationship has been in the past to create a new one adapted to new global realities.” Continue reading...

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60 h. ago Canada PM hails new partnership with China in wake of ‘new global realities’

Mark Carney held talks with Xi Jinping on Friday during rare Beijing trip as Canada seeks to diversify trade links away from Trump’s AmericaCanada’s prime minister Mark Carney hailed a “new strategic partnership” with China as he held talks in Beijing with president Xi Jinping on Friday, the first visit there by a Canadian leader in eight years.Addressing Xi in the Great Hall of the People, Carney said that “together we can build on the best of what this relationship has been in the past to create a new one adapted to new global realities”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives in Beijing for landmark four

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives in Beijing, aiming to repair relations with China

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5 d. ago Who will replace Rudd as US ambassador? Defence boss, career diplomat and former ministers in mix

Analysts and experts say the PM would do well to consider the Aukus alliance and reactions from Maga base in making his choiceFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFormer Labor ministers, the defence department boss and a career diplomat are among the names being touted by government figures to replace Kevin Rudd as Australia’s ambassador in Washington.Rudd, the former prime minister and foreign minister, won praise for stabilising relations with the US president, Donald Trump, on Monday, after the surprise announcement he would depart a year early to return to the Asia Society thinktank. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Kyiv strikes are Putin’s ‘answer to peace,’ Zelensky tells Canadian PM ahead of crunch Mar

BRUTAL strikes on Kyiv are Putin's "answer to peace", Zelensky tells Canada's Prime Minister ahead of crunch Mar-a-Lago talks with Trump. Russian forces unleashed hell on the Ukrainian capital, hitting the city with almost 500 drones and 40 missiles in a 10-hour onslaught which has killed two and wounded dozens. President Zelensky said it was...

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3 w. ago Canada's Prime Minister Carney names financier Mark Wiseman as the next ambassador to Washington

Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced that financier Mark Wiseman will be Canada's next ambassador to the U.S. Wiseman will assume the role on February 15 and will be involved in negotiations regarding the review of their free trade agreement

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last month Canada and the US to launch formal talks to review their free trade agreement in mid

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office says Canada and the U.S. will launch formal discussions to review the free trade agreement in mid-January

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