Canada and China repair their relationship with a new trade deal.

Live from the UK, this is the Marketplace Morning Report from the BBC World Service.

I'm Guy Kilty. Good morning.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have announced a new strategic partnership

between the two countries in Beijing.

The two sides have signed an agreement to cooperate on clean energy and fossil fuels and lower

import tariffs on a range of products. James Griffith is Asia correspondent for the Canadian

newspaper, The Globe and Mail, and has been following this story closely. James, thanks very much

for joining us on Marketplace. Thanks, having me. So we've now know that Canada and China have agreed a new strategic

partnership. Just run us through some of the details. Yes, so we just heard from Prime Minister

Mark Carney at a press conference in Beijing where he outlined parts of this partnership,

which includes allowing 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles

into Canada, on the Chinese side, dropping a large number, a large amount of tariffs on Canadian

canola seed and some other agricultural products, and then also smaller deals on Chinese

investment, which hasn't been completely outlined yet, but probably

investment targeting the energy sector, deals on tourism, including visa-free access for Canadians

to travel to China. And how significant a deal is it for both sides? It seems barely significant,

especially from the Canadian perspective, Mr. Carney's made a relatively small concession, which is Canada

previously had a 100% tariff on Chinese EVs, which was copying a similar measure in the

US that was adopted by the Trudeau government. And Mr. Carney has reached an agreement where

Canada will accept 49,000 Chinese EVs, which was the same as they

were accepting in 2023 before those tariffs came into force. And in return, China is dropping

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