Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Jan. 15, 2026. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
For much of the past year, Canada and the United States have been stuck in a familiar cycle: trade tensions and competing narratives about who’s to blame. What used to look like one of the world’s closest alliances now looks strained, and increasingly unpredictable.
Sean Tseng is a Canada-based reporter for The Epoch Times covering U.S.–China relations, CCP politics, trade policy, and emerging technologies including AI and defense. He holds a BASc in mechanical engineering from the University of British Columbia.
