Carney to raise foreign interference with Xi at APEC

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he will raise foreign interference and discuss security and economic ties when he meets Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen, China, expected to run November 18-19. The meeting would be their first in person since January, when they met in Beijing.

Carney described direct meetings as an opportunity to raise issues frankly. He said he would discuss the importance Canada attaches to China and other countries not interfering in Canadian affairs, as well as the global security climate and the two countries’ economic partnership. The comments came at a Montreal press conference on November 10.

Carney said the partnership with China was deepening but had clear guardrails. His government has been increasing trade with China, and Carney met Xi in January as part of that effort. The leaders also spoke at last year’s APEC summit, their first formal meeting since 2017.

A public inquiry in January 2025 identified China as the leading perpetrator of foreign interference targeting Canadian democratic institutions and concluded that Beijing had tried to meddle in some Canadian elections. Carney said after his...