September 5, 2014 - Seoul, South Korea - Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada
Erin O’Toole, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade, Senator Yonah Martin and Barry Devolin, Member of Parliament for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock, today concluded a five-day parliamentary delegation visit to Seoul, South Korea, liaising with senior government officials, Korean National Assembly members and business officials about the Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA), which is scheduled for legislative review this fall.
The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, is also in South Korea to explore opportunities and benefits from the CKFTA and promote Canada’s fish and seafood sector. She met with local distributors of Canadian fish and seafood products to discuss Canadian seafood sustainability and benefits from the CKFTA.
Parliamentary Secretary O’Toole also met with Canadian companies including Scotiabank and the Montréal-based company CAE at the latter’s new flight simulator training centre outside Seoul. He discussed the companies’ successes in the Korean market and the new opportunities of the CKFTA—Canada’s first agreement in Asia—which will serve as a gateway to the Asia-Pacific region.
Through the government’s ambitious pro-trade, pro-export plan, Canada’s Global Market Action Plan, Canadian businesses have the tools to grow, export and build their success at home and abroad. These tools include free trade agreements, foreign investment promotion and protection agreements, sector-based trade missions to priority and emerging markets, and the support of the Trade Commissioner Service, Export Development Canada, Canadian Commercial Corporation and the Business Development Bank of Canada.
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