Canada is on a mission to impress their counterparts in China, and Prime Minister Mark Carney is leading the charge.
It’s a tough ask, because Canada has weaknesses in its approach to foreign affairs.
Its internal wrangling often mixes matters together, and this leads to dissension, and to no small amount of indecision.
“Finally, to build on this momentum, Canada has set an ambitious goal to increase exports to China by 50% by 2030. To achieve this outcome, Prime Minister Carney and President Xi discussed increasing two-way investment in clean energy and technology, agri-food, wood products, and other sectors.”
The political system in Canada favours a lack of friction between the representative and those trading, for example, but this has led to poor outcomes.
The fresh approach by Carney is to stipulate clearly what the aims are, but this has to be a commitment rather than a platform for further revisions of plans.
