ASEAN should be central to Canada’s economic diversification strategy

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations offers rapidly expanding digital markets, technology-savvy young consumers, and governments actively promoting digital adoption and startup ecosystems including for foreign partnerships.

Canada needs informed diversification to navigate in a turbulent world

Effective diversification must rest on rigorous ongoing analysis of the global economy and Canada’s role within it.

Canada’s EV experience shows why our strategy needs new tools in an age of uncertainty

Strategy carries higher risks when economic, technological, geopolitical shocks are more varied, arrive faster, spread wider, and intersect more than before.

Beyond Trump’s tariffs: return of geoeconomics and Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy

Geoeconomics—a disruptive force reshaping the global economy—is driving a new reality, and getting creative can help.

Startup ecosystems provide a new direction for Canada’s Southeast Asia trade and investment strategy

Strengthening business linkages could provide significant potential benefits to both Canadian and regional enterprises.

Implementing Canada’s Indo-Pacific economic strategy

There are opportunities in Japan, Thailand, and Bangladesh for Canada to implement the economic priorities associated with its Indo-Pacific Strategy.