Canada's unexplored markets in Trans-Pacific trade

摘要

After a combined 18 months of rancorous international politics and a global pandemic that have caused much turbulence in global trade, two prominent Canadian research institutions say there are enormous gains to be made in Asian markets, but our country's exporters need to move quickly and do better trade promotion. Both the Vancouver headquartered Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APFC) and Calgary-based Canada West Foundation (CWF) point to Canada's preferential access to some of world's fastest growing economies under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), but which remains underutilized and needs to be better understood by Canadian businesses.