Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney embarks on his first official visit to Asia on Friday in an attempt to deepen trade and security ties at a time when the North American country is struggling to lessen its overwhelming dependence on the U.

China and Canada are showing a readiness to mend mutual ties as both nations tackle strained relations with the US, marking a shift by Ottawa that analysts have described as "pragmatic". Beijing was willing to restart dialogue and exchanges "at all levels" and rebuild trust with Ottawa,

Just three years after Canada called China a "disruptive global power," Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada now views Beijing as a strategic partner in a dangerous world.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's recent call for a "clear engagement strategy" with China reflects Ottawa's recognition that a rigid stance toward Beijing will not serve its interests, said Jeff Mahon, former deputy director of the China division at Global Affairs Canada.

As Prime Minister Mark Carney aims to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping amid a U.S. trade war, a former Canadian diplomat who spent more than a thousand days imprisoned in China is warning Ottawa to remember the threat China poses to Canada.

Trump hopes to negotiate a trade deal with China while farmers worry about selling the fall harvest amid a war over the president's tariffs.

Canada is pushing to strengthen ties with China and India, even as it remains in precarious trade talks with a US administration that has escalated its tariff war with Beijing.

Canada offered tariff relief on some steel and aluminum products imported from the U.S. and China, a government document showed, in efforts to help domestic businesses battered by a trade war on two fronts.