Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to walk an international tightrope over the next week as he departs Friday for a set of Indo-Pacific Summit meetings, one of which involves both the United States and China.

The challenge will involve staying on the relative good side of U.S. President Donald Trump while carefully resetting relations with China’s Xi Jinping.

Both Trump and Xi are expected at the APEC Summit in South Korea at the end of next week. There's anticipation that Carney will meet Xi at the gathering in Korea’s picturesque southern city of Gyeongju.

Federal officials, speaking on background ahead of the trip, said Canada is pursuing a

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