Canada is committed to collaborating with like-minded partners to create inclusive, sustainable, and long-term growth and to strengthen the international rules-based trading system.
As part of its inclusive approach to trade, Canada is developing and implementing policies to ensure that Indigenous Peoples in Canada have access to all the benefits and opportunities that flow from international trade and investment.
Canada is a trading nation and a strong proponent of the international rules-based multilateral trading system, with the World Trade Organization (WTO) at its core. Multilateralism is essential in achieving a strong, sustainable and inclusive global economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic.
At the meeting, Minister Ng and Minister Boissonnault reiterated Canada’s commitment to working with OECD members to address the economic and trade impacts of Russia’s unjustifiable, unprovoked, and illegal invasion of Ukraine. They encouraged international partners to maintain open and predictable agricultural markets and trade to ensure food security for Ukraine.
Helping businesses find innovative ways to diversify trade and expand into growth markets is key to a sustainable, inclusive economic recovery and transition to a green economy.
International forums such as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) are critical platforms for advancing our global economic recovery from COVID-19 and to securing a sustainable future economy for all.
Canada is committed to strengthening opportunities for international engagement on digital trade, as well as collaboration on advanced technologies issues.
Expanding trade relations with and investments in African countries is crucial to Canada’s global economic recovery, as is establishing trade partnerships in expanding economies and diversifying supply chains to ensure continued prosperity.
Today, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, launched public consultations to seek views on the potential collection and publication of country of melt and pour (COM) information for steel imports under Canada’s Steel Import Monitoring Program.
Canada and the United States are invested in one of the most productive, collaborative, and mutually beneficial bilateral relationships in the world. It is a partnership of neighbours, forged by a shared border, democratic values, deep people-to-people connections, and multi-layered economic and security ties.