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Relations nosedived in 2018 after Canada arrested a senior Huawei executive and have remained rocky ever since.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The leaders of China and Canada have taken a step towards mending the long-fractured ties between their countries with a meeting in South Korea during the Asia-Pacific Economic Summit.<\/p>\n Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met on Friday and called for improving ties in a pragmatic and constructive manner, according to both sides.<\/p>\n list of 4 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n \u201cThe leaders agreed that their meeting marked a turning point in the bilateral relationship,\u201d a Canadian statement said.<\/p>\n Xi was quoted as saying that relations are showing signs of recovery, thanks to the joint efforts of both sides.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are willing to work together with Canada to take this meeting as an opportunity to promote the return of bilateral relations to a healthy, stable and sustainable track as soon as possible,\u201d Xi said, according to an official report distributed by China\u2019s state media.<\/p>\n Carney, who\u00a0became prime minister\u00a0in March, accepted an invitation from Xi to visit China, the Canadian statement said, without specifying any date.<\/p>\n Carney also later told reporters he was \u201cvery pleased\u201d with the outcome.<\/p>\n \u201cWe now have a turning point in the relationship, a turning point that creates opportunities for Canadian families, for Canadian businesses and Canadian workers, and also creates a path to address current issues,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe meeting signals a change in tone and an openness to relations at the highest levels, but this is not a return to strategic partnership,\u201d said Vina Nadjibulla, vice president of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. \u201cCanada needs to proceed with caution because there\u2019s nothing to suggest the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s actions have changed since the prime minister named China as a foreign security threat.\u201d<\/p>\n She said Carney should keep talking with Chinese leaders but stay mindful of China\u2019s threats to Canada\u2019s security interests, including its efforts to play a greater role in Arctic affairs.<\/p>\n Relations took a nosedive in late 2018 after Canadian authorities arrested a senior executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei as part of its extradition agreement with the United States. China then arrested two Canadian citizens and charged them with espionage.<\/p>\n Ties did not improve much even after the 2021 release of the two Canadians, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, and the Chinese executive, Meng Wanzhou, who is the daughter of Huawei\u2019s founder.<\/p>\n More recently, relations have been shaken by Canada\u2019s decision\u00a0to levy a 100 percent tariff on electric vehicles (EVs) from China in 2024 and a 25 percent tariff on steel and aluminium. China retaliated with its own steep tariffs on canola, seafood and pork, and has offered to remove some of those import taxes if Canada drops the EV tariff.<\/p>\n Canada made the move last in tandem with the US.<\/p>\n The Canadian statement said that both leaders directed their officials to move quickly to resolve trade issues and irritants and discussed solutions for specific products such as EVs, canola and seafood.<\/p>\n Xi called for expanding \u201cpragmatic\u201d cooperation in areas such as the economy, trade and energy. Both Canada and China have been hit by tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n The attempt at rapprochement comes as Carney looks to diversify Canada\u2019s trade away from the US and as Trump says he plans to raise tariffs on imports of Canadian goods by an extra 10 percent. Canada\u2019s free trade agreement with the US is up for review.<\/p>\n Earlier on Friday, Carney told a business event that the world of rules-based liberalised trade and investment\u00a0had passed, adding that Canada aimed to double its non-US exports over the next decade.<\/p>\n Nadjibulla said China should not be viewed as the solution to Canada\u2019s issues with the US, however.<\/p>\n \u201cWe should not diversify away from the US and go deeper into China,\u201d she said. \u201cCanada\u2019s overdependence on both the US and China has been shown to be a vulnerability we cannot afford.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Relations nosedived in 2018 after Canada arrested a senior Huawei executive and have remained rocky ever since. The leaders of China and Canada have taken a step towards mending the long-fractured ties between their countries with a meeting in South Korea during the Asia-Pacific Economic Summit. 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