Thursday, Trudeau marks Canada’s contributions to the Korean war at a ceremony opening the Kapyong Battle commemorative trail. His meeting later with President Yoon Suk Yeol wraps with a joint presser. In Seoul on Wednesday, Trudeau will meet with business leaders to lure companies into investing in Canada, with key words being batteries and transportation.
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PLAN A RETURN TRIP - Evans also said it’s “not a hard prediction to make” that the PM will probably end up traveling to Asia more often as the region becomes increasingly important amid a changing global context, but the big question there will be which reasons bring him back.ĪT A GLANCE - ZI-ANN LUM details the whole trip schedule for Pro Canada PM subscribers. “It’s not one that’s on the boil in Asian countries that have been experiencing this kind of stuff for a long time.” Foreign interference: “I would be very surprised if there were much discussion of Chinese interference activities,” Evans said. “It’s extremely important, but (the G-7) is declining as a percentage of the world views on where things should be going.” “The G-7 footprint is declining,” Evans said, noting how the world is divided over Ukraine. Invites were sent to countries from the South Pacific, Africa and elsewhere. Global south: Don’t just watch what Canada and the usual characters say. Security situation: A government official told reporters Friday it will be a “very different” G-7 than that of four or five years ago, but one unified around Ukraine and China, with both countries expected to come up as topics in a “through line for the entire summit.”
LNG:How Canada balances its language as it visits liquified natural gas export markets eyed by Canadian businesses. Some key things to watch out of the PM’s travels: Then he’ll rush off to Japan for the G-7 on the 19th.Īsian affairs expert and UBC professor PAUL EVANS tells Playbook he expects business as usual in bilateral relations but the G-7 meetings come at “a pretty pivotal moment” in an increasingly nervous region over tensions between China and the U.S. He heads to Seoul for a bilat on May 16, marking the first prime ministerial visit to South Korea since Stephen Harper in 2014. | APĬHANGE OF PACE - Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU gets a reprieve from fielding questions on foreign interference and passport design this week for a bout of international travel, armed with a string of announceables. Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during an interview with foreign media members at the prime minister's office on April 20, 2023, in Tokyo.
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