Mark Carney's meeting with Xi Jinping marks the first formal sit-down since 2017 between a Canadian prime minister and Chinese president.

One of the last meetings on Mark Carney’s whirlwind tour of Asia may be his most important: a Friday sit-down with Chinese President Xi Jinping, as the Prime Minister seeks new markets to offset the economic damage that Donald Trump is doing to Canada.

Mr. Carney’s tête-à-tête with Mr. Xi during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea will be the first formal get-together between a Canadian Prime Minister and the Chinese President since 2017.

Relations have been in a severe diplomatic chill since 2018, when Canada arrested a Chinese tech executive at the request of the United States, and China jailed two Canadians in response.

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