Canada PM Mark Carney's plans of meeting with Chinese President Xi comes amid fresh tensions with President Donald Trump, who recently called off trade talks and announced an additional 10% tariffs on

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday he would meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the APEC summit later this week.

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney said he plans to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping later this week when both leaders are at a summit in South Korea, aiming to firm-up relations with the world’s second biggest economy while long-standing ties with the US fray.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday he expects to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea. He told reporters in Malaysia that he expects the talks to focus on the trading relationship between Canada and China, and the upheaval in the global economic backdrop.

Premiers and business leaders in Canada have been urging Carney to meet with Xi in an effort to ease the current trade dispute.

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney embarks on his first official visit to Asia on Friday in an attempt to deepen trade and security ties at a time when the North American country is struggling to lessen its overwhelming dependence on the U.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is focusing on what the country can control, including looking for economic partnerships abroad, especially in Asia.