The Globe and Mail reports in its Saturday edition that Mark Carney has accepted an invitation from Xi Jinping to visit China. The Globe's Steven Chase writes that the meeting comes amid a punishing trade war between the two countries. The two leaders met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea, as Mr. Carney seeks new markets for exports to offset the economic damage that U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs are doing to Canada. Canada imposed a 100-per-cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles last year in tandem with the former Biden administration, as well as a 25-per-cent levy on steel and aluminum from China. China retaliated with tariffs on Canadian canola oil, canola meal, peas and Canadian seafood and pork products. The Chinese government has made no secret of the fact it would remove its retaliatory tariffs if Ottawa drops the levies on EVs. Fen Hampson, professor of international affairs at Carleton University, said before Ottawa agrees to drop the tariff on Chinese EVs -- and potentially open the floodgates to such vehicles -- it must determine whether vehicle assembly plants owned by U.S. carmakers will remain in Canada or heed Mr. Trump's call to move to the U.S.