Mark Carney will visit China next week, the first trip to the country by a Canadian prime minister in more than eight years as he seeks to rekindle relations with Xi Jinping.

Mr. Carney, looking for new export markets because of an increasingly protectionist United States under President Donald Trump, is trying to patch up ties with Beijing after a severe diplomatic rupture and years of Canada barring state-owned Chinese companies from investing or operating here.

The Prime Minister will leave for China Jan. 13, his office said Wednesday. He arrives on Jan. 14 and will spend a couple of days there before departing Jan. 17.

The last visit a Canadian prime minister made to China was in 2017 when Justin Trudeau met with Mr. Xi but failed to agree on terms to start negotiations on a trade deal.