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Beijing — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney hailed a new “strategic partnership” with China during a meeting with leader Xi Jinping Friday, as the US ally took steps to reset ties with Beijing in the face of historic friction with Donald Trump.

Canada would ease tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and expected China to significantly reduce barriers tariffs on Canadian canola seed later this year, Ottawa said in a statement after the meeting – in a major step to ease long-standing trade tensions.

The prime minister’s visit this week had made clear Ottawa’s new objective: to move its economy closer to its second largest trading partner following a year in which Trump ratcheted up trade and political frictions with Canada, imposing sweeping tariffs and publicly musing about turning the country into the 51st US state.

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[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (11 children)

Communist China producing more billionaires than the US this year. Clearly most people are confused about what is really going on. I suppose years of anti-China propaganda has lead to some of this confusion.

There is a difference between confusion/lack of knowledge and willful ignorance though.

[–] kunstbanause@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Just because the People's Republic of China is ruled by the "Communist Party" in an authoritarian manner doesn't mean that China still has a communist socio-economic order. The regime opened up to significant capitalist elements decades ago, allowing market forces and private enterprise. It's not communism that's generating those billionaires. Just sayin'.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Neither is it capitalism that's exiling, imprisoning, and executing billionaires when they break the law. Just sayin'.

[–] kunstbanause@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago
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