Record rains bring Mumbai to a standstill, in photos

MUMBAI, India (AP) — The monsoon season has brought parts of Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital, to a halt.

The disruption has hit local trains, a lifeline of the city’s transport system. Many areas are inundated with knee-deep water, forcing people to wade through the floods.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

A man pushes his scooter through a waterlogged street during heavy rain in Mumbai, India, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

A man pushes his scooter through a waterlogged street during heavy rain in Mumbai, India, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Commuters stranded at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus after heavy rains disrupted rail services in Mumbai, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Halted local trains at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus after heavy rains disrupted rail services in Mumbai, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Commuters stranded inside a halted local train at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus after heavy rains disrupted rail services in Mumbai, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Fire officials rescue passengers from a Monorail after it stalled due to overcrowding which caused an electrical outage in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. The overcrowding was due to heavy rains which disputed local transport system. (AP Photo/Deepak Turbhekar)

A cyclist rides through a water logged street following heavy rains in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/ Rafiq Maqbool)

People push a bus through a waterlogged street during a heavy rain in Mumbai, India, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

People drive their motorbikes through a waterlogged street during heavy rain Mumbai, India, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Commuters walk on waterlogged railway tracks after trains were disrupted due to heavy rainfall in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/ Rafiq Maqbool)

People walk through a waterlogged street during heavy rain in Mumbai, India, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

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, speaks to the media at Ritan Park in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, leaves after speaking to the media at Ritan Park in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, centre, reacts during a meeting with Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney (not in the picture), 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, speaks to the media at Ritan Park in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

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, 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)