end Trump\u2019s tariffs on Canada<\/a>. For now, Canada still has to negotiate with the Trump administration.<\/p>\nHow fast ties with China have grown<\/p>\n
January: Carney and Xi reached a deal in Beijing. China cut its tariff on Canadian canola seed from 84 per cent to about 15 per cent, and dropped tariffs on canola meal, peas, lobster and crab. Canada agreed to let in up to 49,000 Chinese-made electric vehicles a year at a 6.1 per cent tariff, down from 100 per cent.<\/p>\n
April: The two countries launched a Canada-China Financial Working Group.<\/p>\n
Nov. 4: Ottawa and Beijing extended the trade deal to the end of 2028.<\/p>\n
Nov. 9: After two days of meetings in Vancouver with Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng, Finance Minister Fran\u00e7ois-Philippe Champagne and Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu agreed to \u201cenhance financial sector co-operation,\u201d including more market access for financial services and closer contact between regulators.<\/p>\n
None of this is a free trade agreement. These are tariff arrangements and channels for cooperation.<\/p>\n
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Alberta oil leads the boom<\/p>\n
Alberta has more riding on this than any other province.<\/p>\n
Canadian crude oil exports to China roughly doubled to $5.96 billion in the first half of 2026, according to the China Institute at the University of Alberta. Alberta and B.C. together made up 92.3 per cent of the growth in Canada\u2019s exports to China.<\/p>\n
The third quarter was even bigger. Crude exports to China jumped 159 per cent, to about 327,000 barrels a day, and most of it was shipped through the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of experts were predicting that most of the Canadian crude that made it to tidewater would actually end up going to California and not going to Asia,\u201d said institute director Philippe Rheault. \u201cThat\u2019s been disproved emphatically.\u201d<\/p>\n
The U.S. is still Canada\u2019s biggest oil customer by far. But Alberta producers now have a second big buyer.<\/p>\n
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Where BYD and Chinese EVs fit<\/p>\n
The car side of the deal is smaller than many people expected.<\/p>\n
Under the January agreement, Canada lets in up to 49,000 Chinese-made electric vehicles a year at a 6.1 per cent tariff. The quota isn\u2019t tied to any one brand. By September, about 15,600 had come in, and the federal government said about half were priced under $35,000 at import. Much of that is believed to be Teslas built in Shanghai.<\/p>\n
BYD, China\u2019s biggest EV maker, is the name most Canadians are watching. A dealer consultant working on its expansion has named Calgary as a possible early location. But BYD has said it hasn\u2019t finalized plans to sell passenger cars in Canada. There are no confirmed dealerships, models or prices.<\/p>\n
Every vehicle also has to meet Canadian safety standards first, and several Chinese automakers are now reportedly aiming for 2027.<\/p>\n
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The case critics make<\/p>\n
Critics say the comparison ignores China\u2019s record in Canada:<\/p>\n
China detained Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor for nearly three years after Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in 2018.<\/p>\n
The federal inquiry into foreign interference found that China was the most active foreign state interfering in Canada\u2019s democracy. It also found interference in the 2019 and 2021 elections didn\u2019t change which party formed government.<\/p>\n
Canada\u2019s cyber security centre calls China the country\u2019s most sophisticated and active cyber threat.<\/p>\n
Hong Kong police put a bounty on Joe Tay, who ran as a Conservative candidate in the 2025 federal election.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn what universe is the US a bigger security threat than this?\u201d the conservative advocacy group Canada Proud wrote on X.<\/p>\n
Some trade experts who support doing more business with China also warn about relying on it too much. \u201cIn 2024, nearly 70 per cent of our canola seed exports went to China, giving Beijing significant leverage that it has used during political disputes,\u201d said Vina Nadjibulla, CEO of the Centre for Strategic Statecraft. \u201cThe goal should be to reduce strategic dependence, not simply shift it from one major power to another.\u201d<\/p>\n
The case supporters make<\/p>\n
Supporters point to two years of U.S. tariffs and annexation talk from the president of Canada\u2019s closest ally.<\/p>\n
Many Canadians share that view. In a Nanos poll for Bloomberg earlier this year, 55 per cent of Canadians named the United States as the greatest risk to Canada\u2019s national security. Fifteen per cent named China, and 14 per cent named Russia.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s next<\/p>\n
Carney leaves Wednesday on a trip that runs Nov. 11 to 19. He\u2019ll attend the European Political Community summit in Dublin, the ASEAN summit in Manila and the Francophonie summit in Phnom Penh. The trip ends in Shenzhen, China, at the APEC leaders\u2019 meeting, where he\u2019s expected to meet Xi.<\/p>\n
\u201cCanada has what the world wants: the energy, the resources, the talent, the technology, and the capital,\u201d Carney said in announcing the trip.<\/p>\n
For Alberta, the questions are practical. Will demand from China for oil and Prairie crops keep growing, and how dependable is that access if the relationship turns again?<\/p>\n
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