The third Strategic Partnership Dialogue was an important opportunity to review issues of bilateral, regional and global relevance, particularly in the areas of defense cooperation, mobility and assistance to refugees and migrants, as well as gender equality and human rights. Other topics in our discussion included science, technology and innovation cooperation, climate change and the environment, and trade and investment.
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will participate in a round table with members of Manufacturiers et Exportateurs du Québec [Quebec manufacturers and exporters] to discuss the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The Minister will then tour the Novatech factory in Sainte-Julie, Quebec, and meet with workers. At noon, she will join representatives of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal at a working lunch where she will brief business leaders on the new North American trade deal.
The Honourable Jim Carr, Minister of International Trade Diversification, will host ministers from 12 member economies of the WTO at the Ottawa Ministerial on WTO Reform on October 24 and 25, 2018. At the meeting, the ministers will work to identify concrete actions to enhance and improve the WTO over the short, medium and long terms.
Canada and China share a long history of strong people-to-people ties and growing commercial relations. Expanding opportunities for Canadian businesses of all sizes, especially in such a fast-growing market, is a priority for the Government of Canada and an important part of creating the new jobs and economic growth that will further strengthen and grow the middle class.
On October 24 and 25, 2018, the Honourable Jim Carr, Minister of International Trade Diversification, will host ministers from 12 WTO members at the Ottawa Ministerial on WTO Reform. At the meeting, ministers will work to identify concrete actions to enhance and improve the WTO over the short, medium and long term.
As Hurricane Willa is expected to make landfall in Mexico late on October 23, 2018, the Government of Canada reminds Canadians of the importance of making safe travel arrangements.
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced she will meet with Aloysio Nunes, Brazil’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, for the third Canada-Brazil Strategic Partnership Dialogue (SPD) in Ottawa, Ontario, on October 23, 2018.
The Honourable Jim Carr, Minister of International Trade Diversification, will participate in participate in announcement on the specific action the government is taking to tackle climate change, in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
