Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (right) meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Ottawa on Friday. LI HAITAO/XINHUA
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Canada signals an effort by both sides to strengthen ties as Ottawa seeks to diversify trade and navigate growing uncertainty in its economic relationship with the United States, experts say.
Wang met with his counterpart Anita Anand and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney during his three-day visit last week, the first by a Chinese foreign minister to Canada in a decade.
For Jiang Wenran, founding director of the China Institute at the University of Alberta and president of the Canada-China Energy and Environment Forum, the visit signals a shift in the broader trajectory of the relationship.
"This visit … signals a deliberate shift from confrontation to pragmatic engagement," Jiang said. "Meeting both Anand and Carney underscores high-level commitment to turning the recent thaw into durable institutions."
