Carney and Xi agree to tackle 'irritants' in Canada-China relationship
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Summary: Prime Minister Mark Carney met with China's Xi Jinping for 39 minutes Friday, where the leaders agreed to meet again and work toward reducing the irritants between their countries. But it's unclear whether this will lead to reducing the crushing tariffs on Canadian canola and Chinese electric vehicles.
Opening the door to what he calls pragmatic and constructive dialogue, Prime Minister Mark Carney held a bilateral meeting Friday with the president of China on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.
It marked the first formal leader-to-leader contact between the two nations since 2017.
The meeting with Xi Jinping comes one day after the Chinese leader sat down with U.S.
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