Canada can also be pushing to diversify its exports and set itself a goal in 2018 of accelerating non-US exports by 50 per cent by 2025. Ng mentioned the nation was on monitor to fulfill or exceed the goal.
Canada struck commerce offers with Indonesia in December and Ecuador final week and is pushing exhausting within the Indo-Pacific area. The minister is main a delegation together with greater than 200 companies to Australia, Singapore and Brunei subsequent week.
“We’re on the desk with the international locations in Southeast Asia, so the Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations. I took a really giant delegation of Canadian companies to the Philippines in December, to Indonesia, to markets like Vietnam, Malaysia, Japan, Korea,” Ng added.
Ottawa threatened retaliatory duties and authorized motion in opposition to the US after President Donald Trump introduced tariffs on Canada and Mexico per week in the past and earlier than he paused their imposition for 30 days. Ng mentioned Canada may problem Washington on the WTO if tariffs had been imposed.
“We might contemplate the entire choices can be found to Canada as a result of Canada is nation that believes in a rules-based buying and selling system,” Ng mentioned.
