{"id":342713,"date":"2026-05-29T22:57:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T17:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=342713"},"modified":"2026-05-29T22:57:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T17:27:53","slug":"anand-calls-china-ties-significant-says-canada-must-safeguard-values-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/anand-calls-china-ties-significant-says-canada-must-safeguard-values-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Anand calls China ties \u2018significant,\u2019 says Canada must safeguard \u2018values\u2019 &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said that the economic relationship between Canada and China is \u201csignificant\u201d as China\u2019s foreign minister Wang Yi begins a three-day trip that may include meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian journalists weren&#8217;t permitted to ask questions on her remarks with Wang. The last time Wang was in Ottawa 10 years ago, he unleashed a tirade on a Canadian reporter\u00a0who asked about human rights in China at a joint press conference with then-foreign affairs minister Stephane Dion.<\/p>\n<p>Anand made no explicit mention of human rights during her remarks on Friday, which got here shortly after confirmation that a Canadian warship transited through the Taiwan Strait last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn May 22, 2026, HMCS Charlottetown conducted a routine transit through the Taiwan Strait, which was accomplished on May 23, 2026,\u201d a spokesperson with the Department of National Defence stated to Global News.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>China claims sovereignty over the democratically governed Taiwan and has stepped up military activities across the island in recent months.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get each day National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get each day Canada news delivered to your inbox so you may never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Canada\u2019s former ambassador to China, Guy Saint-Jacques, said that \u201ctransit of Canadian ships within the Taiwan Strait could be badly perceived\u201d by Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel now we have to ward off on this and refrain from exercising self-censorship,\u201d he said. \u201cWe now have to face by our values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anand said in her remarks that \u201cwe&#8217;re committed to growing this relationship responsibly with a goal of accelerating exports towards China by 50 per cent by 2030, while safeguarding Canada\u2019s economic and national security interests and values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wang is ready to fulfill with Carney Friday afternoon in Ottawa, and reporters will not be being permitted to ask questions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe [Carney] won\u2019t do anything to make Beijing unhappy,\u201d Poilievre said to reporters on Parliament Hill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s how things are done in Beijing, and now Mark Carney is importing those methods here.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Politics<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Carney visited China in January, meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Carney\u2019s office had cited his visit had a concentrate on \u201cengagement on trade, energy, agriculture and international security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because of this, Canada and China reached a preliminary trade deal wherein Beijing agreed to lower or eliminate some tariffs on Canadian agricultural products and Canada agreed to cut back tariffs on some Chinese electric vehicles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cheuk Kwan, co-chair of the Toronto Association for Democracy in China, said that there was \u201cstill quite a lot of unfinished business\u201d from Carney\u2019s trip to China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last 12 months has seen China much more aggressive by way of coping with Canada,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParticularly, we will not be in a excellent position vis-a-vis the [U.S. President Donald] Trump threat. So, we\u2019re at all times attempting to seek a great relationship, and naturally, trade opportunities with China, and China knows that.\u201d<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&#038;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said that the economic relationship between Canada and China is \u201csignificant\u201d as China\u2019s foreign minister Wang Yi begins a three-day trip that may include meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney. Canadian journalists weren&#8217;t permitted to ask questions on her remarks with Wang. 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