{"id":2552444,"date":"2026-01-26T07:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T12:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canada-has-no-intention-of-pursuing-free-trade-with-china-carney-22\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T07:22:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T12:22:55","slug":"canada-has-no-intention-of-pursuing-free-trade-with-china-carney-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canada-has-no-intention-of-pursuing-free-trade-with-china-carney-22\/","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-22%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=2552444&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 he has no intention of signing 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, noting CUSMA obligations bar new FTAs with nonmarket economies without prior notification. Ottawa and Beijing reached a preliminary jan.16 deal that lowers tariffs on certain goods \u2014 including allowing Canada to import 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles annually at a reduced 6.1% rate while China cut tariffs on some Canadian agricultural products. The move drew sharp criticism from former U.S. president Donald Trump,who threatened a 100% tariff on all Canadian exports if Carney \u201cmakes a deal\u201d with Xi Jinping and later revoked Carney\u2019s invitation to a U.S.-led reconstruction board. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also voiced concern that the agreement could open the way for China to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canada-has-no-intention-of-pursuing-free-trade-with-china-carney-20\/\" title=\"... has &#039;no ...&#039; of pursuing free trade with ...: ...\">offload cheap products<\/a> into the U.S. Carney defended the arrangement as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canada-has-no-intention-of-pursuing-free-trade-with-china-carney-4\/\" title=\"... has &#039;no ...&#039; of pursuing free trade with ...: ...\">resolving recent issues<\/a> around EVs and said it is indeed consistent with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact, while warning more broadly about great powers using economic ties as weapons.  <\/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;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:\/\/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 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&#8217;t sign China free-trade deal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2552445,"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":[3957,11781,4501,50549,42205],"class_list":["post-2552444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-canada","tag-carney","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\/2552444","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=2552444"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2552444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2552448,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2552444\/revisions\/2552448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2552445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2552444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2552444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2552444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}