This meeting, hosted by the United States, will provide an opportunity for Canada to further its international trade and investment priorities, including...

“As Canada deepens and diversifies its engagement in the Indo-Pacific region, the APEC Ministerial Meeting will be an opportunity to advance our trade and investment interests with our international partners and to create economic growth for Canadians from both sides of the Pacific.” 

- Mary Ng, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development

• Minister Ng, along with the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will also accompany Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during his participation in the APEC Leaders’ Meeting in San Fransico.

• Canada is a founding economy of APEC. Since its establishment in 1989, APEC has become the pre-eminent economic forum in the Asia-Pacific region.

• APEC is a leading platform for Canada to advance economic policies in the Asia-Pacific region to promote free, fair and open trade and investment and to advance inclusive and sustainable growth.

• The 21 APEC member economies account for nearly 40% of the world’s population, around 50% of global merchandise trade and approximately 60% of global GDP.

Associated links

• Prime Minister to travel to San Francisco and attend Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders’ Meeting
• Canada and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
• Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy
• Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
• Indigenous Peoples Economic and Trade Cooperation Arrangement (IPETCA)
• 21 APEC member economies

Shanti Cosentino
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development
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Shanti.Cosentino@international.gc.ca

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