(8 Nov 2014) Chinese Premier Li Keqiang held talks with Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Beijing on Saturday.
The two signed trade deals worth over 2.2 (b) billion US dollars, ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders summit next week.
The APEC summit is the highest-level international gathering Chinese President Xi Jinping has hosted since taking leadership of the ruling Communist Party two years ago.
The deals signed between Ottawa and Beijing included agreements on customs cooperation, air transport, collaboration in civil aviation and nuclear energy and agricultural exports among others.
The two countries also signed a deal giving Canada an 8.2 (b) billion US dollar quota in its Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RFQII) programme, making Canada the first country in the Americas to receive such a deal.
The programme allows for easier transactions between the two countries' currencies and is expected to greatly ease trade between Canada and China.
At a news conference after the signing ceremonies, Li also made reference to the case of two Canadians detained in northern China on suspicion of stealing state secrets about China's military and national defence research.
Kevin Garratt and Julia Dawn Garratt were detained in August by the state security bureau in China's northeastern city of Dandong that borders North Korea.
Li said the case would be handled in accordance with Chinese law.
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