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Significance
The two prime ministers hosted a lunch for business leaders and Kishida’s visit will be followed in the spring by a high-level Japanese delegation that will discuss investment in Canada’s critical minerals and battery sectors. However, little progress was made on energy sales to Japan.
Impacts
Creation of a Canadian Trade Gateway in South-east Asia should help Canadian companies make inroads across the wider region.
Prioritising consular services reflects the expectation that immigration in coming years will largely be from the Indo-Pacific.
Canada will struggle to meet the military commitments in the strategy due to prolonged neglect of its armed forces.
Keywords:
Canada,
NA,
international relations,
politics,
foreign policy,
foreign trade,
government,
policy,
regional,
security
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