Canada must look beyond the West: Korea and the case for strategic diversification

By 2040, the Indo-Pacific region is projected to represent more than half of the global economy—more than double the share of the U.S.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, will meet with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the APEC Summit this week. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy of the Republic of Korea Government

Opinion

BY BEN CHIN

October 29, 2025

If anything was needed to make it clear that Canada’s era of diplomatic complacency with the United States has ended, President Donald Trump’s latest salvo—announcing late last week, by social media post, the end of all trade negotiations—did it. The historic relatio...

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