China and Canada reached a wide-ranging agreement to lower trade barriers and rebuild ties, signaling a pivot in Canadian foreign policy and a break from alignment with Donald Trump’s trade agenda.

Canada, under Pierre Trudeau in the early 1970s, was among the first Western nations to recognize the communist government in China, nearly a decade ahead of the United States. Canada establishes ties with Beijing and ends diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

Several Canadian provinces, including Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia, yanked US wine and spirits from government-run liquor stores after Trump launched a trade war last year — a move that has cost American booze makers millions of dollars in lost sales, Bloomberg News reported.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is visiting China this week to mend relations with the world's second-largest economy

China will in turn cut its own tariffs on Canadian canola products, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said in Beijing on Friday.

After years of seemingly unlimited growth for the craft beer industry, the party is winding down. Sales are down and the number of breweries in Canada has started to decline, a shift driven by a mix of cost pressures and changing consumer tastes and social habits.

Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products.

The first year of Donald Trump's second term has had a profound effect on Canada, from its politics and economy to the way Canadians shop and travel.