BEIJING: China&#39;s top diplomat said during a trip to Ottawa that high-level political and security talks with Canada would resume, Beijing&#39;s foreign ministry said on Saturday, in a further sign of improving ties. The relationship has warmed in recent months even as Ottawa&#39;s ties with traditional ally Washington have soured following Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney&#39;s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing in January.&nbsp;&lsquo;Fully restored&rsquo;Wang Yi&#39;s short visit to Canada, which began on Thursday, was the first by a Chinese foreign minister in a decade. &quot;Bilateral relations have set sail anew, exchanges and cooperation across all fields have been fully restored and the major economic and trade concerns of both sides have been properly addressed,&quot; Wang told his Canadian counterpart Anita Anand, according to the Chinese foreign ministry.&nbsp;High-level dialogue&quot;The two sides agreed... to resume consultations on political and security issues at the foreign ministry level, as well as high-level dialogue on national security and the rule of law,&quot; the statement said. Beijing lowered some duties on Canadian goods this year, while Ottawa agreed to import tens of thousands of Chinese electric vehicles under preferential tariffs.&nbsp;$90B bilateral trade&nbsp;According to China&#39;s foreign ministry, Anand told Wang that Canada was &quot;looking forward to increasing exports to China by 50% before 2030&quot;. Bilateral trade between the countries reached nearly $90 billion in 2025, up 4.9% year-on-year, according to analysis by the University of Alberta, as Canadian exports to China surged by 13.8%.

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Beijing lowered some duties on Canadian goods this year, while Ottawa agreed to import tens of thousands of Chinese electric vehicles under preferential tariffs.

China's top diplomat says Canada ties 'fully restored'

Washington, United States:&nbsp;World leaders expressed shock after a shooter charged a glitzy media gala in Washington on Saturday night attended by US President Donald Trump -- and relief that there were no casualties. US law enforcement said the sole suspect, armed with &quot;a shotgun, a handgun and multiple knives,&quot; has been detained and will face charges Monday in federal court. Here is how leaders reacted: <h2 style="line-height: 2;">Shehbaz Sharif&nbsp;</h2>The Pakistani prime minister wrote he was &quot;deeply shocked by the disturbing shooting incident.&quot; &quot;Relieved to know that President Trump, the First Lady, and other attendees are safe. My thoughts and prayers are with him, and I wish him continued safety and well-being,&quot; Sharif wrote on X. <h2 style="line-height: 2;">Keir Starmer&nbsp;</h2>Britain&#39;s prime minister said he was &quot;shocked by the scenes at the White House Correspondents&#39; Dinner in Washington overnight.&quot; &quot;Any attack on democratic institutions or on the freedom of the press must be condemned in the strongest possible terms,&quot; Starmer wrote on X on Sunday. <h2 style="line-height: 2;">Mark Carney&nbsp;</h2>The Canadian prime minister said he was &quot;relieved that the President, the First Lady, and all guests are safe.&quot; &quot;Political violence has no place in any democracy and my thoughts are with all those who have been shaken by this disturbing event,&quot; Carney wrote on X. <h2 style="line-height: 2;">Claudia Sheinbaum&nbsp;</h2>The Mexican president wrote on X that &quot;it is good that President Trump and his wife are safe following the recent events. We send them our respect.&quot; &quot;Violence must never be the way,&quot; Sheinbaum added. <h2 style="line-height: 2;">Pedro Sanchez&nbsp;</h2>Spain&#39;s prime minister condemned what he called &quot;the attack that took place tonight against President (Trump).&quot; &quot;Violence is never the answer. Humanity will only move forward through democracy, coexistence, and peace,&quot; Sanchez wrote on X. Emmanuel Macron France&#39;s President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that the incident of a shooter charging a glitzy media gala attended by US President Donald Trump was &quot;unacceptable&quot;. &quot;The armed attack targeting the president of the United States last night is unacceptable. Violence has no place in a democracy,&quot; he said on X.&nbsp; &quot;I extend my full support to Donald Trump.&quot; Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the incident, saying: &quot;In democracies, struggles are waged with ideas; there is no place for any form of violence&quot;. Ursula von der Leyen The EU chief said on X: &quot;Violence has no place in politics, ever&quot; and lauded &quot;the swift action of the police and responders for ensuring the safety of the guests&quot;. Giorgia Meloni Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expressed her &quot;full solidarity and sincere sympathy&quot; to Trump and the others present at the event. &quot;Political hatred has no place in our democracies. We will not allow fanaticism to poison the spaces of free debate and information,&quot; she said.

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World leaders express shock after a shooter charged a glitzy media gala in Washington on Saturday night, attended by US President Donald Trump -- and relief that there were no casualties.

World leaders react to Washington gala shooting

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Saturday warned Canada that if it concludes a trade deal with China, he will impose a 100% tariff on all goods entering the US. Relations between the United States and its northern neighbor have been rocky since Trump returned to the White House a year ago, with spats over trade, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has denounced a &quot;<a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/trump-axes-canadas-board-of-peace-invitation" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" rel="noopener noreferrer">rupture</a>&quot; in the US-led global order. During a visit to Beijing last week, Carney hailed a &quot;new strategic partnership&quot; with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/canada-to-import-49000-chinese-evs-at-preferential-tariff-rates-pm-carney" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" rel="noopener noreferrer">China</a>&nbsp;that resulted in a &quot;preliminary but landmark trade agreement&quot; to reduce tariffs -- but Trump warned of serious consequences should that deal be realized. If Carney &quot;thinks he is going to make Canada a &#39;Drop Off Port&#39; for China to send goods and products into the United States, he is sorely mistaken,&quot; Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. &quot;China will eat Canada alive, completely devour it, including the destruction of their businesses, social fabric, and general way of life,&quot; he said. &quot;If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the USA.&quot; Trump insulted Carney by calling him &quot;Governor&quot;&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;a swipe referring to the US president&#39;s repeated insistence that Canada should be the 51st US state. Trump this week posted an image on social media of a map with Canada &mdash; as well as Greenland and Venezuela&nbsp;&mdash; covered by the American flag. Canada&#39;s minister responsible for trade with the United States, Dominic LeBlanc, pushed back against Trump&#39;s latest threat. &quot;There is no pursuit of a free trade deal with China. What was achieved was resolution on several important&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/trump-announces-greenland-framework-backing-off-force-and-tariffs" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" rel="noopener noreferrer">tariff</a>&nbsp;issues,&quot; he wrote on X. &#39;Canada thrives because we are Canadian&#39; The two leaders have sharpened their rhetorical knives in recent days, beginning with Carney&#39;s speech on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he earned a standing ovation for his frank assessment of a &quot;rupture&quot; in the US-led global order. His comment was widely viewed as a reference to Trump&#39;s disruptive influence on international affairs, although Carney did not mention the US leader by name. Trump fired back at Carney a day later in his own speech, and then withdrew an invitation for the Canadian prime minister to join his &quot;Board of Peace&quot; -- his self-styled body for resolving global conflict. Initially designed to oversee the situation in postwar Gaza, the body appears now to have a far wider scope, sparking concerns that Trump wants to create a rival to the United Nations. &quot;Canada lives because of the United States. Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements,&quot; Trump said. Carney shot back on Thursday: &quot;Canada doesn&#39;t live because of the United States. Canada thrives because we are Canadian.&quot; He nevertheless acknowledged the &quot;remarkable partnership&quot; between the two nations. Trade spats Canada heavily relies on trade with the United States, the destination for more than three-quarters of Canadian exports. Key Canadian sectors like auto, aluminum and steel have been hit hard by Trump&#39;s global sectoral tariffs, but the levies&#39; impacts have been muted by the president&#39;s broad adherence to an existing North American free trade agreement. Negotiations on revising that deal are set for early this year, and Trump has repeatedly insisted the United States doesn&#39;t need access to any Canadian products,&nbsp;which would have sweeping consequences for its northern neighbor. Matthew Holmes, executive vice president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, said in a statement that he hoped the two governments would &quot;come to a better understanding quickly that can alleviate further concerns for businesses.&quot; The two nations, along with Mexico, are set to host the World Cup later this year.

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