Trudeau (HOGWASH) on tense moment with China's Xi at G20: “Not every conversation ...

..Bloggers note : Trudeau did not have time to highlight anything at the G20 he rather leaked his shopping list to Canadian media hoping XI would not notice his childlike diplomacy

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exchange with Xi Jinping and she the

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president XI seemed to be very upset

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accused you of uh leaking the contents

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of a conversation uh that you two had on

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the sidelines of the G20 I'm just

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wondering

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why was President XI so upset that there

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was this a misunderstanding did you

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offer him some kind of assurances that

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you wouldn't talk about this

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first of all not every conversation is

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always going to be easy

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but it's extremely important we continue

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to stand up for the things that are

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important for Canadians uh this is

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something we always do and

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we will continue to I highlighted areas

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in which we can and should be working

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together a good example is the nature

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cop cop 15 being held in Montreal over

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the coming weeks

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at the same time as I highlighted areas

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of mutual concern uh geopolitical

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challenges from the ward in Ukraine to

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the situation in North Korea

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I also highlighted uh

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things of preoccupations to Canadians

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like the question of interference with

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our citizens and highlighted that it's

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important that we be able to have

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dialogue about this

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but part of our values as Canadians is

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being open and Frank about the

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conversations we have keeping Canadians

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involved and apprised of what it is that

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we're doing and the conversations we're

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having here and that's exactly what I

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did

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why do you think though I mean why do

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you think he was so upset what was the

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message that he was trying to get across

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to you do you think this was a power

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play of some kind

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we know that China is an important

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Global player in the economy and has a

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very big impact on events around the

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world Canada needs to be able to engage

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constructively and directly on areas we

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can work together while at the same time

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we continue to

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be there to challenge on human rights on

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values and principles that matter to

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Canadians and look to advance the

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interests of Canadians and this is

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something that we're going to

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consistently do in a clear and hopefully

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