OTTAWA –
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is predicted to take off late tonight for a flurry of international conferences throughout 4 international locations, starting in Cambodia.
Trudeau is due in Phnom Penh for a leaders’ assembly on the Association of South East Asian Nations summit.
Canada is in commerce negotiations with the economically booming bloc of 10 international locations within the area.
But specialists have warned that Canadian engagement with ASEAN has been sporadic, main to skepticism from the group in regards to the prospects for a deal.
Trudeau can also be set to attend the G20 in Indonesia, an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ discussion board in Thailand and a Francophonie summit in Tunisia.
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly, who is predicted to reveal the long-awaited Indo-Pacific technique inside the month, will even be on the journey.
Joly, talking on the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy on the University of Toronto on Wednesday, mentioned the “tectonic plates of the world’s energy constructions” are shifting.
“The choices made within the area will affect Canadian lives for generations. We have to be on the desk, step up our sport and improve our affect,” she mentioned.
The technique will embrace warnings to companies about deepening ties with world large China, Joly revealed, and embedding China specialists in key embassies worldwide.
There will even be a deal with hedging in opposition to an invasion of Taiwan and deepening ties with different main powers, equivalent to India, Japan and South Korea.
Trudeau’s journey to the area is predicted to lay groundwork towards higher co-operation.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Nov. 10, 2022.