Carney aims to sell Canada as reliable partner for trade in Southeast Asia
Prime Minister Carney highlights Canada’s commitment to rules-based trade and aims to double exports outside the U.S. by $300 billion in the next decade, officials said.
- On Oct. 25, 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney pitched Canada as a reliable, rules-based partner to Southeast Asia at the ASEAN leaders' summit in Kuala Lumpur, attending as a guest of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
- Senior officials say the 10-nation bloc has shifted toward being an increasingly important commercial partner, prompting Canada to aim for doubling exports outside the U.S. in the next decade.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet an oil and gas company, Malaysia's central bank and visit an aerospace facility during the Kuala Lumpur stop, as Ottawa fast-tracks LNG 2 and other projects via major-projects legislation.
- About 24 hours after Carney's speech, U.S. President Donald Trump canceled trade talks with Canada, calling the Ontario government anti-tariff ad campaign 'crooked' and 'possibly AI'.
- Canada and Association of Southeast Asian Nations are working to finalize a trade agreement expected early 2026 and the next phase of a five-year action plan expiring at the end of this year.
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Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney is in Malaysia for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is participating this weekend in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Carney aims to sell Canada as reliable partner for trade in Southeast Asia
Prime Minister Mark Carney is pitching Canada as a reliable partner for Southeast Asia, one that's committed to rules-based trade at a time when U.S. President Donald Trump is rewriting
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