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\n\tBeijing: Canada and China have agreed to launch a new financial working group aimed at strengthening economic cooperation, following meetings between Canadian Finance Minister Fran\u00e7ois-Philippe Champagne and senior Chinese officials, the government said Tuesday.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe agreement, signed with Pan Gongsheng, is part of broader efforts by Ottawa to stabilise and expand ties with Beijing while diversifying trade partnerships.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tDuring the visit, Champagne held talks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and Finance Minister Lan Fo\u2019an, focusing on global economic conditions, trade and investment, and financial sector cooperation.<\/p>\n

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\n\tBoth sides emphasised the importance of maintaining and improving bilateral economic relations, particularly in areas such as financial services and cross-border investment, according to the Canadian government.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tThe trip comes as Canada seeks to balance efforts to diversify trade with the need to engage its second-largest trading partner, amid broader geopolitical tensions and shifting global supply chains.<\/p>\n

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\n\tChampagne was accompanied by Tiff Macklem and senior financial regulators and also met with Canadian businesses operating in China to discuss investment and market access challenges.<\/p>\n


\n\t\"\"Photo: Fran\u00e7ois-Philippe Champagne\/X<\/p>\n


\n\tThe visit builds on Prime Minister Mark Carney\u2019s trip to China earlier this year, which marked a renewed push to stabilise ties after years of strained relations.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\u201cIn this uncertain and complex world, it is critical that our government builds a stronger and more resilient Canadian economy,”\u00a0Champagne said.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAnalysts say such engagements reflect a pragmatic approach by both countries to maintain economic links despite political differences, particularly as global growth remains uncertain, as reported by Reuters.<\/p>\n


\n\tChampagne invited He Lifeng to visit Canada later this year to continue discussions under an economic and financial dialogue framework.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Beijing: Canada and China have agreed to launch a new financial working group aimed at strengthening economic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,275,190657,190658,219,190656,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-362375","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-china-francois-philippe-champagne","11":"tag-china-indiablooms","12":"tag-economy","13":"tag-francois-philippe-champagne","14":"tag-new-zealand","15":"tag-newzealand","16":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}