Na serious matter show in China as Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and President Xi Jinping don finally meet after eight years of online beef.
Dis meeting wey happen for Beijing be like major turn for dem relationship. Di two leaders don agree on plenty things like trade, tourism, and wetin we go call major reduction on tariffs wey dey affect dem businesses.
Carney no hide him happiness as he talk say dis na landmark agreement. E dey reduce Canada reliance on US wey don dey give dem wahala with tariffs that dey pepper dem since Trump time. According to am, di new deal go allow China reduce tariffs on Canadian canola products from wahala 84% to sweet level of 15% by March.
As part of di gist, Canada go dey bring in 49,000 electric cars from China with special tariffs of about 6.1%. Na wetin dem dey call ‘most-favoured-nation’ tariff, you sabi?
Xi don yarn say, “Our last meeting na better start for turning di relationship around.” E even gree allow Canadian wahala boys travel visa-free to China. E be like symbiosis, abi na win-win?
As we dey look di matter, e clear say di beef wey start since Canada arrest di daughter of Huawei founder don finally see some resolution. E don make sense, as dem dey try put dem country’s interest first instead of wahala. According to Carney, “Dis is a return to di levels wey we sabi before all di drama start.”
But make we no forget say US still dey maintain dia big market as dem dey buy roughly 75% of Canadian goods, while China dey lag behind. E mean sey, dem still get plenty work to do to improve di Canadian exports to save dia face.
Di Canadian Prime Minister don talk say, dem plan to double dia exports to non-US countries by 2035. Na wetin we dey call long-term strategies. Na so e be! Make we see how all dis arrangement go manifest for both countries. Abeg, e go good make no one spoil this juicy deal again o!
Now na time to cheer for better international relationship. Hope dem dey watch as dem both stand for di same side to face di challenging global issues as time dey go.
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