Prime Minister Mark Carney met with China's Xi Jinping for 39 minutes Friday, where the leaders agreed to meet again and work toward reducing the irritants between their countries. But it's unclear whether this will lead to reducing the crushing tariffs on Canadian canola and Chinese electric vehicles.

One of the last meetings on Mark Carney’s whirlwind tour of Asia may be his most important: a Friday sit-down with Chinese President Xi Jinping, as the Prime Minister seeks new markets to offset the economic damage that Donald Trump is doing to Canada.

Chinese president Xi Jinping and Canadian PM Mark Carney, in the first formal sit-down since 2017, discussed about agriculture and agri-food products, including canola, seafood