Canadian Prime Minister Carney rejected the possibility of free trade with China

Canada is not going to conclude a free trade agreement with China. This was announced on January 26 by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

The politician noted that the country respects its obligations"under the trilateral agreement with the United States and Mexico, which requires any of the three countries to notify the other in advance if it wants to conclude a free trade agreement with a non-market country. In particular, with China.

"We've had some problems with trade with China over the last two years, but we've successfully resolved them," Carney told CBC television.

He explained that we are talking about trade in Chinese electric vehicles, agricultural products and fish.

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The United States is also increasing pressure — is Trump ready to impose duties of 500% against India and China

On January 24, Trump announced his intention to impose 100% customs duties on Canada if Ottawa concludes a trade agreement with China. The American leader pointed out that the Canadian authorities will not be able to use their territory as a transit point for the supply of Chinese goods to the US market.

In addition, on January 22, the US president said that Canada preferred cooperation with China, which, in his opinion, would "eat them up" within a year.

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