OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday at 4 p.m. local time/0700 GMT in South Korea, the prime minister’s office said on Thursday.

Carney arrived in Asia earlier this week in an effort to deepen trade and security ties in the region, at a time when Canada is struggling to lessen its overwhelming dependence on the U.S. and seek new markets. China is Canada’s second-biggest trading partner, after the U.S.

The prime minister has previously stressed the need to restart broad engagement with China after years of poor relations. Under the leadership of Carney’s predecessor Justin Trudeau, Canadian citizens were detained and executed by the Chinese government, Canada’s security authorities concluded China interfered in at leas

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