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Photos reveal Chile’s pursuit of Venezuelan crime syndicate branded a terror threat by Trump
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Photos reveal Chile’s pursuit of Venezuelan crime syndicate branded a terror threat by Trump

2025-07-28 13:19 Last Updated At:13:20

ARICA, Chile (AP) — Chilean prosecutors brought a record number of gang members to trial after a yearslong investigation into Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan crime syndicate designated a foreign terrorist group by U.S. President Donald Trump. The Chilean case dismantled the gang’s northern Chile offshoot, known as Los Gallegos, and highlighted the value of long-term investigations as public enthusiasm grows for a more ruthless approach.

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FILE - Police and forensic investigators work in the area where the body of former Venezuelan military officer Ronald Ojeda, who was kidnapped eight days earlier, was found in Santiago, Chile, March 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

FILE - Police and forensic investigators work in the area where the body of former Venezuelan military officer Ronald Ojeda, who was kidnapped eight days earlier, was found in Santiago, Chile, March 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

FILE - A police tent covers the body of a person who was beheaded and left on Bernardo O'Higgins Avenue in Santiago, Chile, May 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

FILE - A police tent covers the body of a person who was beheaded and left on Bernardo O'Higgins Avenue in Santiago, Chile, May 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

Seized mobile phones and electronic devices sit on a desk inside the office of the prosecutors investigating the Tren de Aragua gang, in Arica, Chile, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Seized mobile phones and electronic devices sit on a desk inside the office of the prosecutors investigating the Tren de Aragua gang, in Arica, Chile, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A shoe lies in a ditch along a route used by migrants near the border crossing into Peru, in Arica, Chile, Tuesday, June 10, 2025.(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A shoe lies in a ditch along a route used by migrants near the border crossing into Peru, in Arica, Chile, Tuesday, June 10, 2025.(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Prosecutor Mario Carrera, wearing an armored vest, surveys the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Prosecutor Mario Carrera, wearing an armored vest, surveys the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Organizational charts outlining suspects and links are displayed at the office of a prosecutor investigating the Tren de Aragua gang, in Arica, Chile, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Organizational charts outlining suspects and links are displayed at the office of a prosecutor investigating the Tren de Aragua gang, in Arica, Chile, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Tires serve as a makeshift fence in the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Tires serve as a makeshift fence in the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Officers from the regional prosecutor’s team drive through the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Officers from the regional prosecutor’s team drive through the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Fernando Colmenares, center, walk along the Chacalluta border as they leave Chile due to what they describe as discrimination against Venezuelans fueled by rising crime, in Arica, Chile Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Fernando Colmenares, center, walk along the Chacalluta border as they leave Chile due to what they describe as discrimination against Venezuelans fueled by rising crime, in Arica, Chile Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Alleged members of the Tren de Aragua sit handcuffed during a preliminary hearing where they face homicide charges, in Santiago, Chile, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Alleged members of the Tren de Aragua sit handcuffed during a preliminary hearing where they face homicide charges, in Santiago, Chile, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang attend a preliminary hearing facing homicide charges, in Santiago, Chile, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang attend a preliminary hearing facing homicide charges, in Santiago, Chile, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Bodyguards stand guard as prosecutor Mario Carrera surveys the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Bodyguards stand guard as prosecutor Mario Carrera surveys the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Prosecutor Bruno Hernandez, left, watches customs inspections underway at Chacalluta border between Chile and Peru in Arica, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Prosecutor Bruno Hernandez, left, watches customs inspections underway at Chacalluta border between Chile and Peru in Arica, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

FILE - Police and forensic investigators work in the area where the body of former Venezuelan military officer Ronald Ojeda, who was kidnapped eight days earlier, was found in Santiago, Chile, March 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

FILE - Police and forensic investigators work in the area where the body of former Venezuelan military officer Ronald Ojeda, who was kidnapped eight days earlier, was found in Santiago, Chile, March 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

FILE - A police tent covers the body of a person who was beheaded and left on Bernardo O'Higgins Avenue in Santiago, Chile, May 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

FILE - A police tent covers the body of a person who was beheaded and left on Bernardo O'Higgins Avenue in Santiago, Chile, May 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

Seized mobile phones and electronic devices sit on a desk inside the office of the prosecutors investigating the Tren de Aragua gang, in Arica, Chile, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Seized mobile phones and electronic devices sit on a desk inside the office of the prosecutors investigating the Tren de Aragua gang, in Arica, Chile, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A shoe lies in a ditch along a route used by migrants near the border crossing into Peru, in Arica, Chile, Tuesday, June 10, 2025.(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A shoe lies in a ditch along a route used by migrants near the border crossing into Peru, in Arica, Chile, Tuesday, June 10, 2025.(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Prosecutor Mario Carrera, wearing an armored vest, surveys the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Prosecutor Mario Carrera, wearing an armored vest, surveys the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Organizational charts outlining suspects and links are displayed at the office of a prosecutor investigating the Tren de Aragua gang, in Arica, Chile, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Organizational charts outlining suspects and links are displayed at the office of a prosecutor investigating the Tren de Aragua gang, in Arica, Chile, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Tires serve as a makeshift fence in the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Tires serve as a makeshift fence in the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Officers from the regional prosecutor’s team drive through the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Officers from the regional prosecutor’s team drive through the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Fernando Colmenares, center, walk along the Chacalluta border as they leave Chile due to what they describe as discrimination against Venezuelans fueled by rising crime, in Arica, Chile Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Fernando Colmenares, center, walk along the Chacalluta border as they leave Chile due to what they describe as discrimination against Venezuelans fueled by rising crime, in Arica, Chile Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Alleged members of the Tren de Aragua sit handcuffed during a preliminary hearing where they face homicide charges, in Santiago, Chile, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Alleged members of the Tren de Aragua sit handcuffed during a preliminary hearing where they face homicide charges, in Santiago, Chile, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang attend a preliminary hearing facing homicide charges, in Santiago, Chile, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang attend a preliminary hearing facing homicide charges, in Santiago, Chile, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Bodyguards stand guard as prosecutor Mario Carrera surveys the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Bodyguards stand guard as prosecutor Mario Carrera surveys the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

FILE - Police and forensic investigators work in the area where the body of former Venezuelan military officer Ronald Ojeda, who was kidnapped eight days earlier, was found in Santiago, Chile, March 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

FILE - Police and forensic investigators work in the area where the body of former Venezuelan military officer Ronald Ojeda, who was kidnapped eight days earlier, was found in Santiago, Chile, March 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

FILE - A police tent covers the body of a person who was beheaded and left on Bernardo O'Higgins Avenue in Santiago, Chile, May 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

FILE - A police tent covers the body of a person who was beheaded and left on Bernardo O'Higgins Avenue in Santiago, Chile, May 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

Seized mobile phones and electronic devices sit on a desk inside the office of the prosecutors investigating the Tren de Aragua gang, in Arica, Chile, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Seized mobile phones and electronic devices sit on a desk inside the office of the prosecutors investigating the Tren de Aragua gang, in Arica, Chile, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A shoe lies in a ditch along a route used by migrants near the border crossing into Peru, in Arica, Chile, Tuesday, June 10, 2025.(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A shoe lies in a ditch along a route used by migrants near the border crossing into Peru, in Arica, Chile, Tuesday, June 10, 2025.(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Prosecutor Mario Carrera, wearing an armored vest, surveys the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Prosecutor Mario Carrera, wearing an armored vest, surveys the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Organizational charts outlining suspects and links are displayed at the office of a prosecutor investigating the Tren de Aragua gang, in Arica, Chile, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Organizational charts outlining suspects and links are displayed at the office of a prosecutor investigating the Tren de Aragua gang, in Arica, Chile, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Tires serve as a makeshift fence in the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Tires serve as a makeshift fence in the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Officers from the regional prosecutor’s team drive through the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Officers from the regional prosecutor’s team drive through the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Fernando Colmenares, center, walk along the Chacalluta border as they leave Chile due to what they describe as discrimination against Venezuelans fueled by rising crime, in Arica, Chile Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Fernando Colmenares, center, walk along the Chacalluta border as they leave Chile due to what they describe as discrimination against Venezuelans fueled by rising crime, in Arica, Chile Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Alleged members of the Tren de Aragua sit handcuffed during a preliminary hearing where they face homicide charges, in Santiago, Chile, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Alleged members of the Tren de Aragua sit handcuffed during a preliminary hearing where they face homicide charges, in Santiago, Chile, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang attend a preliminary hearing facing homicide charges, in Santiago, Chile, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang attend a preliminary hearing facing homicide charges, in Santiago, Chile, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Bodyguards stand guard as prosecutor Mario Carrera surveys the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Bodyguards stand guard as prosecutor Mario Carrera surveys the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Prosecutor Bruno Hernandez, left, watches customs inspections underway at Chacalluta border between Chile and Peru in Arica, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Prosecutor Bruno Hernandez, left, watches customs inspections underway at Chacalluta border between Chile and Peru in Arica, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

FILE - Police and forensic investigators work in the area where the body of former Venezuelan military officer Ronald Ojeda, who was kidnapped eight days earlier, was found in Santiago, Chile, March 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

FILE - Police and forensic investigators work in the area where the body of former Venezuelan military officer Ronald Ojeda, who was kidnapped eight days earlier, was found in Santiago, Chile, March 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

FILE - A police tent covers the body of a person who was beheaded and left on Bernardo O'Higgins Avenue in Santiago, Chile, May 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

FILE - A police tent covers the body of a person who was beheaded and left on Bernardo O'Higgins Avenue in Santiago, Chile, May 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

Seized mobile phones and electronic devices sit on a desk inside the office of the prosecutors investigating the Tren de Aragua gang, in Arica, Chile, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Seized mobile phones and electronic devices sit on a desk inside the office of the prosecutors investigating the Tren de Aragua gang, in Arica, Chile, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A shoe lies in a ditch along a route used by migrants near the border crossing into Peru, in Arica, Chile, Tuesday, June 10, 2025.(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A shoe lies in a ditch along a route used by migrants near the border crossing into Peru, in Arica, Chile, Tuesday, June 10, 2025.(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Prosecutor Mario Carrera, wearing an armored vest, surveys the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Prosecutor Mario Carrera, wearing an armored vest, surveys the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Organizational charts outlining suspects and links are displayed at the office of a prosecutor investigating the Tren de Aragua gang, in Arica, Chile, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Organizational charts outlining suspects and links are displayed at the office of a prosecutor investigating the Tren de Aragua gang, in Arica, Chile, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Tires serve as a makeshift fence in the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Tires serve as a makeshift fence in the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Officers from the regional prosecutor’s team drive through the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Officers from the regional prosecutor’s team drive through the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Fernando Colmenares, center, walk along the Chacalluta border as they leave Chile due to what they describe as discrimination against Venezuelans fueled by rising crime, in Arica, Chile Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Fernando Colmenares, center, walk along the Chacalluta border as they leave Chile due to what they describe as discrimination against Venezuelans fueled by rising crime, in Arica, Chile Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Alleged members of the Tren de Aragua sit handcuffed during a preliminary hearing where they face homicide charges, in Santiago, Chile, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Alleged members of the Tren de Aragua sit handcuffed during a preliminary hearing where they face homicide charges, in Santiago, Chile, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang attend a preliminary hearing facing homicide charges, in Santiago, Chile, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang attend a preliminary hearing facing homicide charges, in Santiago, Chile, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Bodyguards stand guard as prosecutor Mario Carrera surveys the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Bodyguards stand guard as prosecutor Mario Carrera surveys the shantytown of Cerro Chuño, a stronghold of Los Gallegos, the northern Chilean offshoot of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, in Arica, Chile, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

BEIJING (AP) — Breaking with the United States, Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday.

Carney made the announcement after two days of meetings with Chinese leaders. He said there would be an initial cap of 49,000 vehicles on Chinese EV exports to Canada, growing to 70,000 over five years. China will reduce its tariff on canola seeds, a major Canadian export, from about 84% to about 15%, he told reporters.

“It has been a historic and productive two days,” Carney said, speaking outside against the backdrop of a traditional pavilion and a frozen pond at a Beijing park. “We have to understand the differences between Canada and other countries, and focus our efforts to work together where we’re aligned.”

Earlier Friday, he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping pledged to improve relations between their two nations after years of acrimony.

Xi told Carney in a meeting at the Great Hall of the People that he is willing to continue working to improve ties, noting that talks have been underway on restoring and restarting cooperation since the two held an initial meeting in October on the sidelines of a regional economic conference in South Korea.

“It can be said that our meeting last year opened a new chapter in turning China–Canada relations toward improvement,” China's top leader said.

Carney, the first Canadian prime minister to visit China in eight years, said better relations would help improve a global governance system that he described as “under great strain.”

He called for a new relationship “adapted to new global realities” and cooperation in agriculture, energy and finance.

Those new realities reflect in large part the so-called America-first approach of U.S. President Donald Trump. The tariffs he has imposed have hit both the Canadian and Chinese economies. Carney, who has met with several leading Chinese companies in Beijing, said ahead of his trip that his government is focused on building an economy less reliant on the U.S. at what he called “a time of global trade disruption.”

A Canadian business owner in China called Carney's visit game-changing, saying it re-establishes dialogue, respect and a framework between the two nations.

“These three things we didn’t have,” said Jacob Cooke, the CEO of WPIC Marketing + Technologies, which helps exporters navigate the Chinese market. “The parties were not talking for years.”

Canada had followed the U.S. in putting tariffs of 100% on EVs from China and 25% on steel and aluminum under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Carney’s predecessor.

China responded by imposing duties of 100% on Canadian canola oil and meal and 25% on pork and seafood. It added a 75.8% tariff on canola seeds last August. Collectively, the import taxes effectively closed the Chinese market to Canadian canola, an industry group has said. Overall, China's imports from Canada fell 10.4% last year to $41.7 billion, according to Chinese trade data.

China is hoping Trump’s pressure tactics on allies such as Canada will drive them to pursue a foreign policy that is less aligned with the United States. The U.S. president has suggested Canada could become America's 51st state.

Carney departs China on Saturday and visits Qatar on Sunday before attending the annual gathering of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland next week. He will meet business leaders and investors in Qatar to promote trade and investment, his office said.

Associated Press business writer Chan Ho-him in Hong Kong contributed to this report.

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, center, arrives to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, Pool)

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, center, arrives to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, Pool)

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

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