China is Canada’s second largest trading partner, but relations have been bad since Canadian authorities in 2018 arrested a former Huawei executive who the U.S. had charged with fraud.

A recent minerals report from the U.S. Geological Survey found that Canada and China supplied the largest number of nonfuel mineral commodities between 2020 and 2023—21 each.

Canada Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly responds to a question during a news conference on tariffs, Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Ottawa. Adrian Wyld / AP China executed four Canadians in ...

More than half of Canada's canola exports go to China and the trade was worth $3.7 billion in 2023, according to the Canola Council of Canada. "The investigation on Canadian canola is still ongoing.