Made-in-China EVs Enter Canada Under Deal Carney Struck With Xi

Chinese-made electric vehicles are beginning to arrive in Canada under a new arrangement that Prime Minister Mark Carney agreed to in January during a visit with China’s President Xi Jinping.

The cars will be the first to be imported by Canada under a deal that allows as many as 49,000 Chinese EVs in a 12-month period at a tariff rate of around 6%. Prior to this year, Canada had a tariff of more than 100% on those products, effectively shutting them out.

In recent days, hundreds of Tesla Inc. cars made at the US automaker’s Shanghai factory have started ...