As Canada and China look to ease tariff-fuelled trade tensions, Wang Di has been making rounds in Manitoba and planting seeds for future collaboration.

Tourism, infrastructure and artificial intelligence are among the sectors China’s ambassador to Canada is eyeing.

He sat down for an exclusive interview with the Free Press in between meetings with Premier Wab Kinew and University of Manitoba leadership on Wednesday.

“In this world full of turbulence and changes and challenges, the more co-operation between China and Canada — and a better relationship between our two countries — will be good for both sides,” Wang said through a translator inside the Hampton Inn in Winnipeg.

“China and Manitoba are complementary in a lot of areas.”

Wang’s visit comes less than two weeks after Prime Mi

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