One of the last meetings on Mark Carney’s whirlwind tour of Asia may be his most important: a Friday sit-down with Chinese President Xi Jinping, as the Prime Minister seeks new markets to offset the economic damage that Donald Trump is doing to Canada.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he'll meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at this week's APEC summit — a get-together that the prime minister hopes will reset the relationship between the two countries.

The meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, scheduled for later this week, appeared to signal a pivot to Asia after decades of poor relations between his country and Beijing.

Carney is expected to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday at the APEC leaders summit in South Korea. It will be the first official meeting between the two countries’ leaders since 2017, when Justin Trudeau was Canada’s prime minister, and marks a significant thaw in a relationship that has been mired in acrimony for several years.

Prime Minister Carney says he plans to meet with China's president this week for discussions, a move that comes after four Canadians were executed this year in China.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday he would meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the APEC summit later this week.

A senior Canadian government official told reporters Thursday that it's hoped Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a summit in South Korea next week.

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney could possibly meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea after U.S. trade deal is terminated by President Trump