Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week in South Korea. Carney also mentioned that he is ready for trade talks with US President Donald Trump as soon as he is, the PM told reporters on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur, on Monday.

“We stand ready to sit down with the United States, myself, with the President, my colleagues, with their colleagues, when the U.S. is ready to sit down,” news agency Reuters quoted the Canadian PM as saying.

Mark Carney's plans of meeting with Chinese President Xi comes amid fresh tensions with President Donald Trump, who recently cut off trade talks and imposed additional tariffs. Trump reportedly said he has no plans to meet Carney when they cross paths in the region.

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