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Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, Secretary-General of Association of Southeast Asian Nations, met with Mr. Wayne Farmer, President of the Canada-ASEAN Business Council, at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat to discuss how Canadian private sector engagement can support ASEAN’s strategic priorities under the Philippines’ Chairmanship of ASEAN in 2026.

The first 2026 edition of the ASEAN For Business Bulletin spotlights the upgraded ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA), marking the first major overhaul since its entry into force in 2010. While 99% of tariff lines have already been eliminated under ATIGA, today’s business challenges lie beyond tariffs in regulatory complexity, non-tariff measures, supply chain disruptions, and digital transformation. The upgraded agreement responds directly to these realities.

The Canada-ASEAN Business Council (CABC) has released the Summary Report of the Canada-ASEAN Business Forum 2025, capturing key insights, discussions, and outcomes from CABC’s flagship event held in Kuala Lumpur on 24–25 September 2025. Held as an official side event of the ASEAN Economic Ministers’ (AEM) Meeting and endorsed by Malaysia’s Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI), the Forum convened senior leaders from government, business, and research communities

The Government of Canada has launched a public consultation inviting Canadians to share their views on a potential Canada–Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Open from December 13, 2025 to January 27, 2026, the consultation seeks input from the public, businesses, governments, civil society, and under-represented groups to help inform Canada’s trade policy priorities and potential negotiation objectives with Thailand.

Kuala Lumpur, 26 September 2025 , ASEAN Economic Ministers and Canada reaffirmed their shared commitment to advancing trade, investment, and sustainable development during the 14th ASEAN Economic Ministers–Canada (AEM–Canada) Consultation , held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Strengthening Trade and Investment In 2024, two-way merchandise trade between ASEAN and Canada reached USD 23.5 billion (CAD 31.7 billion) , while Canadian foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into ASEAN

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The Canada-ASEAN Business Council (CABC) welcomes the reaffirmed commitment between Canada and ASEAN to deepen their strategic...

The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada is conducting a survey of Canadian businesses to better understand the benefits of the...

ASEAN continues to be a competitive economic region with a conducive business environment offering enormous opportunities for growth and development. After having experienced growth rate of 5.7% in 2022, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) estimates that the ASEAN economy will grow by 4.6% in 2023 and 4.8% in 2024. The latest ADB Asian Development Outlook released in September 2023 highlights robust domestic demand and consistent recovery in the services sector, especially touri

The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2025 Blueprint envisions to create a deeply integrated and highly cohesive ASEAN economy, among others, to facilitate the seamless movement of goods within ASEAN in order to enhance ASEAN’s trade and production network. To further boost this effort, ASEAN is upgrading the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) to include provisions to facilitate trade including the elimination and prevention of the use of non-tariff barriers, address impleme

The CABC is thrilled to welcome a significant milestone in the Canada-ASEAN partnership - the establishment of the ASEAN-Canada Strategic...

July 13, 2023 Jakarta, Indonesia The Honourable Mélanie Joly has reaffirmed Canada's unwavering support for ASEAN centrality during the...

There are different challenges to negotiating a Canada- ASEAN Free Trade Agreement, Geoff Donald highlights the four most common issues.

Geoff Donald offers his insights about other free trade agreements that Canada has negotiated.

With Canada and ASEAN to begin negotiations towards a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), it is important to understand the negotiating process.