[Global Times Special Correspondent in Canada Tao Danfang Global Times Reporter Xu Keyue] On September 23, local time, Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with Canadian Prime Minister Carney in New York. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) said that in response to the changes of US President Trump's trade policy, Canadian business circles, analysts and grassroots politicians have been putting pressure on Carney to improve trade relations with China. In June this year, Carney called negotiations with China a "top priority". Canadian studies experts told the Global Times reporter on the 24th that under Trump's strong pressure, the voice of cooperation with China within Canada is rising at present. From this meeting, the cooperation of international multilateral mechanisms will be a major platform for China-Canada strategic cooperation and an important driving force for the stabilization and improvement of China-Canada relations.

When meeting with Carney, Li Qiang said that in recent times, China and Canada have promoted the improvement and development of bilateral relations in a pragmatic and constructive way, which has been widely welcomed by all walks of life in both countries. China has long been Canada's second largest trading partner, and the trade scale between the two countries has grown rapidly this year. China is willing to work with Canada to maintain and develop this good momentum, resolve each other's economic and trade concerns through dialogue and consultation, deepen and expand mutually beneficial cooperation in energy, green, tourism and other fields, and better benefit the two peoples. It is hoped that Canada will provide a fair and non-discriminatory business environment for Chinese enterprises in Canada.

He said there were many opportunities to expand Canada¡¯s and China¡¯s trade relations, including in areas such as clean energy, traditional energy and agriculture. He said the two had ¡°openly discussed¡± the steel tariffs and confirmed that the Canadian Foreign Minister ¡°will soon¡± visit China.

Last year, Canada followed U.S. tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles and steel and aluminum products, which worsened relations between the two countries. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced provisional anti-dumping measures on Canadian oil seeds in August this year after an investigation, and Carney said in early September that he would seek to find a solution for China's agricultural relations. According to Bloomberg, Canadian Foreign Minister Arendt plans to meet with China and India's foreign ministers in the coming weeks.

Guangdong Foreign Trade University Regional Institute of National Studies Deputy Dean Huang Liang said on the 24th to the reporter of the Global Times that the Canadian know-how is not willing to let China-China relations be abducted by the U.S. policy to China, trying to counter the negative impact of U.S. tariffs through cooperation with China, but the core question is whether Canada can exclude political factors to interfere with the economic trade of the two countries and give Chinese enterprises fair treatment. Huang Liang believes that Canada has not fundamentally changed the wrong perception of China, there are reservations in the attitude of cooperation with China, the current improvement of relations is more due to the response to the strategic needs of the United States, and not the long-term development of the country's strategic consideration.