The last time a Canadian Prime Minister visited China was in 2017, when Justin Trudeau met Xi Jinping in Beijing. That was his second official visit to China.

China responded by imposing duties of 100% on Canadian canola oil and meal and 25% on pork and seafood. It added a 75.8% tariff on canola seeds last August. Collectively, the import taxes effectively closed the Chinese market to Canadian canola exports, an industry group said.

Prime Minister Mark Carney hailed Canada's improving ties with China as well as the leadership of President Xi Jinping on Thursday, declaring their nations were charting a new course in cooperation at a time of global division and disorder.

A new trade deal that will allow a limited number of Chinese electric vehicles into Canada at a low tariff rate is unlikely to have a significant direct affect on Windsorites in the short-term, business experts told CBC.

America’s top trading partners are responding to President Donald Trump’s trade policies by trying to take their business elsewhere.