China-Canada trade robust

A delegation of Canadian business leaders yesterday signed 20 deals with Chinese counterparts in Beijing promoting cooperation and trumpeted China-Canadian ties amid the global economic slowdown.

The contracts come at a time when China has become the second-largest trading partner of Canada, second only to the United States.

Underscoring the strengthened ties, more than 200 business leaders from Canada and about 400 from China attended the second Canada China Business Forum, which opened in Beijing yesterday.