{"id":243908,"date":"2026-01-18T00:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T00:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/243908\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T00:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T00:22:10","slug":"canada-talks-trade-with-qatar-as-carney-touches-down-in-doha-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/243908\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada talks trade with Qatar as Carney touches down in Doha &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/mark-carney\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Carney<\/a> arrived in Doha on Saturday as part of a push to attract foreign investment and deepen Canada\u2019s economic partnerships beyond its traditional allies.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Carney\u2019s visit comes on the heels of his visit to China and follows the recent presentation of a new federal investment budget aimed at positioning <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/canada\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canada<\/a> as a stable, attractive destination for global capital.<\/p>\n<p>In a news conference on Saturday, <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/finance-minister\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Finance Minister<\/a> Fran\u00e7ois-Philippe Champagne said Canada is working to broaden its economic relationships as global trade patterns shift.<\/p>\n<p>Qatar is viewed by Ottawa as a strategic partner, with officials pointing to the country\u2019s significant investment capacity and growing influence on the global stage.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to reduce our dependence and increase our self-reliance to find a strategic path forward,\u201d Champagne said.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEngaging with the Middle East and China is necessary for Canada, just like our European partners have done,\u201d Champagne added.\u00a0 \u201cWe buy more from the U.S.A. than anywhere else, but the trading climate right now is different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The conference highlighted Canada\u2019s industrial capacity and trade advantages as key selling points for potential investors.<\/p>\n<p>Champagne also said international engagement is critical as Canada works to raise its profile among global investors.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11616900\/mark-carney-china-alignment-greenland-new-world-order\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Carney-China-Beijing-visit.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tWhat China\u2019s \u2018alignment\u2019 with Carney on Greenland says of \u2018new world order\u2019\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11616824\/boy-killed-dad-go-to-bed-nintendo-switch\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768695730_306_GettyImages-1041936362.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t11-year-old U.S. boy charged with killing father after being told to go to bed\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are one of the G7s with very big industries. We build cars, planes, ships, we have an abundance of energy, and we are the only one with free trade with all G7,\u201d Champagne said. \u201cWith the way the world is changing, you better diversify, supply chain is changing and we need to adapt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Carney is expected to meet with senior Qatari officials, including Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, as well as representatives of the Qatar Investment Authority.<\/p>\n<p>His office says the talks will focus on expanding trade access and forging partnerships in artificial intelligence, infrastructure, energy and defence.<\/p>\n<p>The visit comes amid heightened geopolitical tensions in the region, though officials say the schedule remains unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Politics<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Doha on Saturday as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[114,245,184,10359,85,46,34918,238,1823,2711],"class_list":{"0":"post-243908","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-economy","11":"tag-finance-minister","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-mark-carney","15":"tag-politics","16":"tag-qatar","17":"tag-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}