"I am extremely pleased to be here today to kick off our Team Canada missions, along with over 175 Canadian businesses and organizations right here in Singapore today, including the financial sector, pension funds, infrastructure, financial services & fintech, professional services, ICT, education, aerospace..."
I’m so pleased that this trip, which is my first abroad since before the pandemic, has allowed me to finally meet you and Ambassador Tai [Katherine Tai, United States Trade Representative] in person. I’m confident we can build on the momentum of our recent meetings to help our countries build back stronger and more resilient as we head toward economic recovery.
Here at home, our government’s priority is to help homegrown businesses start up, scale up, access global markets, and succeed in a highly competitive global environment.
On August 6, the United States announced its decision to re-impose unjustified and unacceptable section 232 tariffs on Canadian aluminum products. Let me be clear- those tariffs were unacceptable and unjustified.