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OSLO, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday wrapped up his visits to Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway, with consensus reached with four Nordic countries to uphold bilateral partnerships and strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation in trade, economy and other key areas. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, met with Danish King Frederik X, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Finnish President Alexander Stu…

“On the occasion of the meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the margins of the NATO Summit in Ankara, Türkiye on July 7, 2026, the Leaders are pleased to announce the launch of Free-Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between Canada and Türkiye. In early June 2026, Trade Ministers Bolat and Sidhu issued a Joint Ministerial Statement on Economic Partnership, which announced the launch of exploratory discussions toward a comprehensive Free Trade Agreeme…

“Today, the Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, and the Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, announced the launch of negotiations towards a Canada-Germany Strategic Partnership Agreement (“Partnership Agreement”). Canada and Germany benefit from a robust bilateral relationship, with established cooperation across a number of shared priorities. The Partnership Agreement will serve as a flexible strategic framework through which Canada and Germany will shape and advance cooperation, and dir…

Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, met with the Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, on the margins of the 2026 NATO Summit in Ankara, Türkiye. Canada and Germany have a robust bilateral relationship across commerce, defence, and energy. Germany is Canada’s largest trading partner in the European Union, with bilateral trade valued at over $34 billion. To create new partnerships between workers and businesses in both countries, the leaders announced the launch of negotiations toward a Can…

Sjoerd Sjoerdsma, Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, is departing this afternoon for a three-day trade mission to China (7-9 July) that will take him to both Beijing and Shanghai. This marks the first time since April 2018 that a minister is leading a trade mission to China in person. The minister is accompanied by a business delegation comprising representatives from 17 Dutch companies, active in sectors including logistics, agriculture and high-tech. Coen van Oostrom, presi…