Trudeau suggests to China: Improve your image by tightening ties with Canada
BEIJING — Justin Trudeau delivered a message to powerful business leaders in Beijing on Tuesday, shortly after his plane touched down: China needs a little more Canada.
The prime minister tried to sell China on the idea that strengthening its connection to Canada would ease international concerns about the stunning rise of the economic superpower.
Trudeau made the pitch during the first event of his week-long visit to China, where he aims to improve Canada’s gloomy growth prospects by deepening business ties with the rapidly growing Asian country.
“Around the world there is anxiety around trade, there is anxiety around China,” Trudeau told a question-and-answer session at the China Entrepreneur Club.