{"id":228470,"date":"2026-01-11T17:05:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T17:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/228470\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T17:05:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T17:05:04","slug":"over-half-of-canadians-polled-support-stronger-trade-ties-with-china-as-carney-reportedly-prepares-to-visit-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/228470\/","title":{"rendered":"Over half of Canadians polled support stronger trade ties with China as Carney reportedly prepares to visit Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An Ipsos poll shows 54 percent of Canadians surveyed support stronger trade ties with China. Photo: Screenshot from website of Ipsos<\/p>\n

As Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney reportedly prepares to visit China and restore trade and diplomatic ties, a latest poll suggests that more than half of Canadians say they support more trade with China, according to media reports.<\/p>\n

The Ipsos poll, conducted exclusively for Global News – the news and current affairs division of the Canadian Global Television Network – and released on Saturday local time, found that 54 percent of respondents expressed support for closer trade ties and economic agreements with China.<\/p>\n

Ipsos contacted 2,001 Canadian adults in early December 2025 for the poll.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs, said the new poll’s results show that people are thinking about who in the world we’re going to trade with. And the second-largest population in the world, and the second-largest economy, is probably a place that we need to have some sort of relationship with, per Global News.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Carney will begin a visit to China on January 13, the first in eight years for a Canadian leader, with aims to talk trade and rebuild ties after years of diplomatic tensions, AFP News reported. The visit has not been confirmed by the Chinese side yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The January 13-17 trip seeks to “strengthen cooperation in the areas of trade, energy, agriculture and international security”, a Carney spokeswoman told AFP.<\/p>\n

The last Canadian leader to visit China was Justin Trudeau, in December 2017, per the report.<\/p>\n

Carney, looking for new export markets because of an increasingly protectionist US, is trying to patch up ties with Beijing after a severe diplomatic rupture and years of Canada barring state-owned Chinese companies from investing or operating in the country, the Globe and Mail reported.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Canadian media outlet CTV News, citing political analyst Sharan Kaur, said that Carney’s upcoming visit to China holds significance for international relations, diplomacy, and more.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Canadian MP Kody Blois, told media on Sunday that Carney would like to “recalibrate” Canada’s once-frosty relationship with the Chinese government and look at economic opportunities for the two nations, CBC News reported.<\/p>\n

“What I would say, and what Canadians should understand, is that we know the importance of what the Chinese market means from an economic perspective,” Blois said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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