{"id":2552234,"date":"2026-01-26T03:45:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T08:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canada-has-no-intention-of-pursuing-free-trade-with-china-carney-12\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T03:47:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T08:47:06","slug":"canada-has-no-intention-of-pursuing-free-trade-with-china-carney-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canada-has-no-intention-of-pursuing-free-trade-with-china-carney-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada has &#8216;no intention&#8217; of pursuing free trade with China: Carney"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcanada-has-no-intention-of-pursuing-free-trade-with-china-carney-12%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2552234&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Canada\u2019s prime minister, Mark Carney, said Canada has no intention of pursuing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-turkey-secure-deals-amid-russia-tension\/\" title=\"Ukraine, Turkey Secure Deals Amid Russia Tension\">free-trade agreement<\/a> with China, stressing that commitments under CUSMA bar new FTAs with nonmarket economies without prior notification. Ottawa and Beijing reached a preliminary Jan. 16 deal to lower tariffs on certain goods\u2014including a provision allowing 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into Canada annually at a reduced 6.1% rate and lower Chinese tariffs on some Canadian agricultural products\u2014which Carney framed as resolving recent issues and fully consistent with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement. The arrangement prompted an angry reaction from former President Donald Trump, who threatened a 100% U.S. tariff on Canadian exports and later revoked Carney\u2019s invitation to a U.S.-led reconstruction board; U.S. officials, including Treasury Secretary scott Bessent, also expressed concern that the deal could let China offload cheap goods into North America. Carney defended the pact while warning against great powers weaponizing economic integration through tariffs, and tensions between him and Trump have <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >escalated amid sharp public exchanges<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Canada has &lsquo;no intention&rsquo; of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canada-has-no-intention-of-pursuing-free-trade-with-china-carney-3\/\" title=\"Canada has &#039;no ...&#039; of ... free trade with ...: ...\">signing free trade deal<\/a> with China, Carney says<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2475509\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Canadian Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mark-carney\">Mark Carney<\/a> insisted he has no plans to pursue a free trade agreement with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\">China<\/a>, as President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> fumes over a recent partnership between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>Canada and China <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pm.gc.ca\/en\/news\/news-releases\/2026\/01\/16\/prime-minister-carney-forges-new-strategic-partnership-peoples\">struck<\/a> a &ldquo;preliminary agreement&rdquo; on Jan. 16 that saw both lower tariffs on certain goods. It included Canada importing 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles annually at a lowered rate of 6.1%, and China agreeing to lower tariffs on some Canadian agricultural products.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4432989\/israel-to-reopen-rafah-crossing-limited-basis\/\">Israel to reopen Rafah crossing on a &#8216;limited basis&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4432911\/iran-may-have-killed-30000-protesters-two-days\/\">Iran may have killed over 30,000 protesters in two days: Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4430267\/european-leaders-shifting-international-order-inevitable\/\">European leaders insist &#8216;shifting international order&#8217; is inevitable while holding out hope instability will pass<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The move has angered Trump, who <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4432511\/trump-threatens-canada-100-percent-tariff-partnership-china\/\">threatened<\/a> a 100% tariff on all Canadian exports to the United States if Carney &ldquo;makes a deal&rdquo; with Chinese President Xi Jinping.  <\/p>\n<p>Carney responded to the threat on Sunday by denying he had such a plan and defending the recent agreement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have commitments under CUSMA not to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canada-has-no-intention-of-pursuing-free-trade-with-china-carney\/\" title=\"Canada has &#039;no ...&#039; of ... free trade with ...: ...\">pursue free trade agreements<\/a> with nonmarket economies without prior notification,&rdquo; he told reporters. &ldquo;We have no intention of doing that with China or any other nonmarket economy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Carney instead framed the recent China deal as fixing &ldquo;some issues that developed in the last couple of years,&rdquo; particularly with EVs. He maintained that it is &ldquo;entirely consistent&rdquo; with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement.<\/p>\n<p>His comments come as tensions between him and Trump are high, particularly after they attacked each other in respective speeches at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last week.<\/p>\n<p>Without name-dropping Trump or the U.S., Carney warned of &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/european-leaders-insist-shifting-international-order-is-inevitable\/\" title=\"European leaders insist &#039;shifting international order&#039; is inevitable\">great powers&#038;rdquo<\/a>; using &ldquo;economic integration as weapons,&rdquo; specifically through tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>Trump responded to that speech by saying Carney &ldquo;wasn&rsquo;t so grateful&rdquo; and that &ldquo;Canada lives because of the United States.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Trump would later go on to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4430798\/trump-revokes-canada-invitation-board-of-peace-carney\/\">revoke<\/a> Carney&rsquo;s invitation to join the Board of Peace, a Trump-chaired coalition primarily focused on Gaza&rsquo;s reconstruction after the Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n<p>But the concern over China&rsquo;s increase presence in Canada&rsquo;s economy has extended beyond any personal disagreements the two leaders may share.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Sunday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/4432912\/bessent-carney-not-doing-the-best-job-canada-china\/\">expressed<\/a> alarm about Carney&rsquo;s trade deal with Xi,  specifically with the possibility that Canada becomes &ldquo;an opening&rdquo; for China to dump cheap products into the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/4432912\/bessent-carney-not-doing-the-best-job-canada-china\/\">BESSENT SAYS CARNEY &lsquo;NOT DOING THE BEST JOB&rsquo; FOR CANADA AMID CHINA TRADE TALKS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not sure what Prime Minister Carney is doing here, other than trying to virtue signal to his global friends at Davos. I don&rsquo;t think he is doing the best job for the Canadian people,&rdquo; Bessent said on ABC News&rsquo;s <em>This Week<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115957060813577755\">claimed<\/a> that China has now &ldquo;successfully and completely&rdquo; taken over Canada, quipping that he hopes &ldquo;they leave Ice Hockey alone.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carney: Canada won\u2019t sign free-trade deal with China<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2552235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/carney-no-intention-china-free-trade-deal.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3957,4501,50549,42205],"class_list":["post-2552234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-canada","tag-china","tag-free-trade","tag-trade-policy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/carney-no-intention-china-free-trade-deal.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2552234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2552234"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2552234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2552238,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2552234\/revisions\/2552238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2552235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2552234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2552234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2552234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}