Ottawa – All Canadians benefit from ample and diverse flight options, whether travelling for pleasure or business, or moving people and goods. The Government of Canada is working hard to expand Canada’s international air transport agreements to offer more choice and convenience for shippers and travellers. The Minister of Transport, Pablo Rodriguez, today announced that Canada has recently expanded its …
Mary Ng to lead Trade Missions to Malaysia, Vietnam, South Korea
Ottawa – Building on the success of the Team Canada Trade Mission to Japan in fall 2023, Mary Ng, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, announced that she will lead Team Canada trade missions to Malaysia and Vietnam from March 24 to 29 and to South Korea from April 21 to 25, 2024. During the trade missions, …
Minister Ng advances Canadian trade priorities with WTO partners
Ottawa – Mary Ng, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, today participated in a virtual meeting of WTO trade ministers hosted by the United Arab Emirates. The ministers discussed key priorities and solutions aimed at producing a strong outcome at the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC13), scheduled for February 26 to 29, 2024. At today’s meeting, Minister …
Minister Ng welcomes Costa Rica’s Minister of Foreign Trade to Ottawa
Ottawa – Mary Ng, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, today welcomed Manuel Tovar, Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica and President of the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promoter, to Ottawa. Minister Tovar joined Minister Ng in a discussion with stakeholders, key businesses leaders, Indigenous partners and Canadian parliamentarians, during which they highlighted the strong bilateral relationship …
Minister Ng on US view on Canadian softwood lumber products
Ottawa – Mary Ng, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, issued the following statement regarding the results of the sunset review by the US International Trade Commission (USITC) regarding softwood lumber products from Canada: “Canada is disappointed that the USITC has determined that the United States can continue to impose unfair and unwarranted duties on Canadian softwood …
New hydrogen project starts in Nova Scotia
Ottawa – Sean Fraser, Canada’s Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, has announced on behalf of Mary Ng, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, an agreement to support a clean energy hub that EverWind Fuels is developing in Nova Scotia. EverWind and Export Development Canada on behalf of the Government of Canada reached an agreement in principle …
Canada welcomes CUSMA dispute settlement panel findings on dairy tariff rate quotas
Ottawa – Mary Ng, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, and Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, issued the following statement in response to the release of the dispute settlement panel report regarding Canada’s administration of its dairy tariff rate quotas under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA): “Canada is very pleased with the dispute settlement panel’s …
Minister Ng discusses economic recovery at Rebuild Ukraine Business Conference
Ottawa – Canada’s support for Ukraine is unwavering. The Government of Canada is committed to the people of Ukraine and the country’s economic recovery and reconstruction in the face of Russia’s military aggression, which has displaced millions and killed thousands of Ukrainians, disrupted the worldwide economy and worsened global problems such as food and energy security. Today, the Honourable Mary …
Minister Ng advances cooperation on trade, supply-chain resilience in Asia-Pacific
San Francisco – This week, Mary Ng, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, participated in the 2023 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Annual Ministers’ Meeting in San Francisco, California. While at APEC, Minister Ng highlighted Canada’s commitment to deepen its engagement across the Indo-Pacific by continuing to work closely with APEC economies to ensure strong, sustainable, and inclusive growth …
Minister Ng meets with Peru’s Minister of Foreign Trade & Tourism on margins of Apec
Ottawa – Mary Ng, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, met with Juan Carlos Mathews Salazar, Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism of Peru, on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting 2023 in San Francisco, California. During the meeting, the ministers discussed Peru’s priorities, as Peru will hold the chair of APEC in …