Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday (June 06) said his recent phone call with Chinese premier Li Qiang was “the start of a process of recalibrating the relationship with China,” a country which Canada has had chilly ties for years, Reuters reports.
“We have, this is the start of a process of recalibrating the relationship with China. It is very important that we reopen dialogue with Chinese authorities for several reasons, but I’ll I’ll focus on a few. They are second largest trading partner, the second largest trading partner for Canada. We have a number of trade disputes with China. Farmers across this country, fishers across this country are being affected by Chinese tariffs. People across this country have been affected by fentanyl and its precursors.
Those are issues I raised directly and we spoke at length about our concerns there and have initiated processes, including ministerial level dialogue on trade and other issues. So there are important issues with China that we need to address,” Carney told reporters, saying there were a number of bilateral trade disputes that had to be addressed. He also mentioned fentanyl smuggling.
He did not specifically mention China’s human rights record, which Canadian governments of differing political stripes have often expressed concerns about.ney told reporters, saying there were a number of bilateral trade disputes that had to be addressed. He also mentioned fentanyl smuggling.
