Pakistan, Jan. 13 -- Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney departed for China on Tuesday, marking the first visit by a Canadian premier to Beijing in nearly a decade and signalling a potential reset in relations strained by years of diplomatic and trade disputes.

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The four-day trip will focus on trade cooperation and international security, and comes as Canada navigates an increasingly uncertain relationship with the United States, where a trade war and annexation rhetoric from President Donald Trump have unsettled policymakers in Ottawa.

Carney accepted Beijing's longstanding invitation during his meeting with President Xi Jinping in South Korea last October. While that...