{"id":2552369,"date":"2026-01-26T06:05:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canada-has-no-intention-of-pursuing-free-trade-with-china-carney-19\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T06:07:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:07:20","slug":"canada-has-no-intention-of-pursuing-free-trade-with-china-carney-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canada-has-no-intention-of-pursuing-free-trade-with-china-carney-19\/","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-19%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=2552369&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>Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada has no intention of signing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-trump-americans-have-seen-their-best-wage-growth-in-40-years\/\" title=\"Under ..., Americans Have Seen Their Best Wage Growth In 40 Years\">free trade agreement<\/a> with China, insisting recent talks were limited adjustments rather than an FTA and are consistent with CUSMA (USMCA) rules that bar FTAs with nonmarket economies without prior notice. On Jan. 16 Canada and China reached a preliminary deal lowering tariffs on certain goods\u2014most notably allowing 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into Canada annually at a 6.1% tariff and cutting some tariffs on Canadian agricultural products. Teh agreement drew a sharp response from former President Donald Trump, who threatened a 100% tariff on all Canadian exports to the U.S. if Carney \u201cmade a deal\u201d with China and later revoked Carney\u2019s invitation to a U.S.-led Board of Peace. U.S. officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, also criticized the move, warning it could let China dump cheap goods into the U.S.; Carney defended the pact as resolving recent issues and warned against using economic integration as a political weapon.  <\/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\/\" title=\"... has &#039;no ...&#039; of pursuing 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;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canada-has-no-intention-of-pursuing-free-trade-with-china-carney-3\/\" title=\"... has &#039;no ...&#039; of pursuing free trade with ...: ...\">preliminary agreement&#038;rdquo<\/a>; 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:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >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;great powers&rdquo; 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canada-has-no-intention-of-pursuing-free-trade-with-china-carney-2\/\" title=\"... has &#039;no ...&#039; of pursuing free trade with ...: ...\">dump cheap products<\/a> 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&#8217;t pursue free-trade with China<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2552370,"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":[],"tags":[71907,50549,32402,51837,42205],"class_list":["post-2552369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-canada-china-relations","tag-free-trade","tag-international-relations","tag-mark-carney","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\/2552369","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=2552369"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2552369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2552373,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2552369\/revisions\/2552373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2552370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2552369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2552369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2552369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}