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Prime Minister Mark Carney shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the start of their meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, Friday.

Mark Carney on Friday accepted an invitation from Xi Jinping to visit China as they sat down for the first formal meeting between a Canadian prime minister and the Chinese president since 2017.

The two leaders met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea as Mr. Carney seeks new markets for exports to offset the economic damage that Donald Trump is doing to Canada.

The Carney- Xi tête-à-tête lasted about 30 minutes. By comparison, U.S. President Donald Trump and Mr. Xi met for about 90 minutes a day earlier, also in South Korea.

The South Korea encounter caps months of work by Mr. Carney and h

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