Ottawa, May 30 (SANA) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced during his visit to Ottawa that relations between China and Canada have “relaunched,” confirming the full resumption of exchanges and cooperation in all fields, in the clearest indicator of a fundamental shift in the trajectory of bilateral ties after years of stagnation.
Xinhua quoted the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement on Saturday saying the two sides agreed to resume consultations on political and security issues at the foreign ministry level, as well as to revive high‑level dialogue on national security and the rule of law.
Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand, for her part, expressed Canada’s expectation to increase its exports to China by 50 percent by 2030, while Wang stated that “the main economic and trade issues between the two sides have been appropriately addressed.”
The visit, the first by a Chinese foreign minister to Canada in a decade, extends a rapprochement process that began after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing last January. This thaw has led to a series of practical steps, most notably Beijing’s reduction of some tariffs on Canadian goods, while Ottawa agreed to import tens of thousands of Chinese electric vehicles under preferential tariffs.
Economic ties rebound
On the economic front, an analysis by the University of Alberta showed that bilateral trade between the two countries reached around $90 billion in 2025, up 4.9 percent from the previous year, while Canadian exports to China surged by 13.8 percent.
China on 27 February 2026 decided not to impose additional tariffs on some imports from Canada from March 1 to December 31, following Ottawa’s commitment to sharply reduce import duties on 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles. This move helped mend a commercial rift that had put bilateral relations at risk, after a long period of tensions that followed Canada’s 2024 tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, steel and aluminum, which prompted Beijing to retaliate with 100 percent tariffs on canola seeds.
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