
Canada’s Trudeau hails new friendship with China
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that ties with Beijing had entered a new era following a charm offensive which saw 56 business deals signed.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that ties with Beijing had entered a new era following a charm offensive which saw 56 business deals signed.
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Canada signalled Tuesday that it is likely to impose further tariffs soon on Chinese batteries, tech products, and critical minerals.
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The Canadian government on Tuesday asked a judge to reject Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's argument that the bid to extradite her to the US should be quashed because it omitted key facts.
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Canada has sent 69 soldiers to northern Iraq to advise security forces fighting Islamist militants in the northern part of the country, the prime minister said Tuesday.
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A Canadian judge on Wednesday adjourned Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's extradition hearing to consider the defendant's claims that key evidence had been omitted.
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Canada has walked away from free trade talks with China amid soured relations over a Huawei executive's arrest and the detention of two Canadians in apparent retaliation, foreign minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said in a newspaper interview Friday.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he would be willing to testify in an enquiry into allegations of foreign meddling by China, Russia and other countries in two elections won by his party.
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Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled his initial list of major national projects Thursday, backing critical minerals, nuclear power and port expansion to bolster an economy threatened by US President Donald Trump.
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Canada, Norway and Russia will soon provide navigation and meteorological warnings for ships crossing the Arctic sea, a new maritime route which has opened up due to global warming, a WMO expert said Wednesday.
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Canada and China have agreed to begin talks for a possible free-trade accord with an aim of doubling bilateral commerce by 2025, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday.
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Evidence is growing that Russia is behind a significant increase in the use of cluster bombs in Syria, campaigners said Thursday.
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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet will visit China this week and meet with President Xi Jinping, Beijing's foreign ministry announced Monday.
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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday, looking to build on the close ties his father Hun Sen built with Beijing.
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Cambodia said Thursday that China will soon hand over two warships to improve its defence capabilities, despite US fears about Beijing boosting its military influence in the strategic Gulf of Thailand.
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