Business

• Canada and ASEAN proceed with free trade agreement negotiations

  November 16, 2021 – Ottawa, Canada – Global Affairs Canada Today, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, met virtually with ASEAN…

  November 16, 2021

• Upcoming event: Canada and ASEAN: Trade Diversification in the Indo-Pacific, November 26, 2021

  Photo: Indo-Pacific biogeographic region map by Eric Gaba CC BY-SA 2.0 This seminar will focus on the need for Canada, and Ontario in particular, to diversify trade with Southeast Asian…

  November 13, 2021

• RCEP will come into force in January 2022

  Key points: The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership or RCEP will come into force in January 2022. Australia and New Zealand were the latest to ratify the world’s largest trade agreement.…

  November 3, 2021

• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s free trade pitch to ASEAN

  Trudeau uses pandemic-plagued supply chains in free trade pitch to ASEAN The Globe and Mail, October 25, 2021 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used the spectre of gnarled global supply chains…

  October 25, 2021

• ASEAN Business & Investment Summit 2021, October 24, 2021

  Sunday October 24th 8:30 p.m. EDT to Monday October 25th 6:00 a.m. EDT Please click here to register for this event and to view event programme.  Southeast Asia’s premier annual forum that…

  October 22, 2021

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  First ASEAN Economic Ministers and the Minister for Trade of the Republic of Korea Consultation Joint Media Statement

  Jakarta, September 4, 2021 – asean.org The First ASEAN Economic Ministers and the Minister for Trade of the Republic of Korea Consultation Joint Media Statement Jakarta, 4 September 2004 1.…

  September 4, 2021

• Webinar: Canada-ASEAN Connect: Bringing Together Government, Business and Education Sectors, July 29, 2021

  Update: The webinar recording is now available. Please click here to watch. This webinar features speakers and guests from the government, education, and business sectors. Participants will gain a fuller…

  July 16, 2021

• Canada to begin negotiations with Indonesia on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

  Global Affairs Canada – The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, and Muhammad Lutfi, Indonesia’s Minister of Trade, announced that Canada and Indonesia will…

  June 20, 2021

• APF Event: CPTPP and Economic Opportunities in Southeast Asia: ASEAN as an Economic Region

  Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada – The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and the Chile Pacific Foundation share the video presentation of a joint webinar focused on the economic opportunities for Canada…

  June 2, 2021

• CABC Event: The Path to a Canada-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement

  Canada-ASEAN Business Council – As a group, ASEAN is Canada’s sixth-largest trading partner. A Canada-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement would bring the two regions together, expanding trade and investment across many…

  June 2, 2021