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Conrad Black: As Canada Seeks to Diversity Trade, It Should Have No Illusions About the Chinese Regime

Conrad Black: As Canada Seeks to Diversity Trade, It Should Have No Illusions About the Chinese Regime
Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives for a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Jan. 16, 2026. Vincent Thian - Pool/Getty Images
Conrad Black
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Commentary
After eight months without any trade or tariff agreements, some people said that it was a relief to see that Prime Minister Carney had reached a partial free trade agreement with China. It appears to be substantially a liberalization of our sale of canola in exchange for their exportation to us of 49,000 electric vehicles.
Conrad Black
Conrad Black
Author
Conrad Black has been one of Canada’s most prominent financiers for 40 years and was one of the leading newspaper publishers in the world. He’s the author of authoritative biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, and, most recently, “Donald J. Trump: A President Like No Other,” which has been republished in updated form. Follow Conrad Black with Bill Bennett and Victor Davis Hanson on their podcast Scholars and Sense.