Canada foreign minister Anita Anand said Canada now sees Beijing as a strategic partner in a dangerous world, in a major shift in the power equation as Canada's relationship with the US worsens. US President Donald Trump canceled trade talks with Canada, taking offence at a Canadian advertisement that claimed Ronald Reagan was against tariffs. Trump called the advertisement fake while Canada decided to withdraw the ad. But before this development, Anand issued her statement shifting Canada's stand on China and said all relationships have challenges. Anand told The Canadian Press on Monday that a strategic partnership with China means going beyond allowing individual irritants to strain the entire relationship and permitting Canada to advance its economic and security interests. “It’s

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