OTTAWA — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi dangled the possibility of doubling trade with Canada on Friday, well beyond the Carney government’s current goal, if Ottawa continues to act with “mutual respect” and advances the new strategic partnership with China signed in January.
In a tightly choreographed photo opportunity with his Canadian counterpart Anita Anand, China’s top diplomat ignored a Star request to comment on what Ottawa called the “routine transit” of Canadian warship HMCS Charlottetown through the Taiwan Strait just a week ago before the visit.
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