Canada and Japan have signed a brand new strategic partnership agreement that goals to spice up co-operation on defence, energy, trade and technology
Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo on Friday, outlining a protracted list of areas where the 2 countries plan to deepen collaboration on a spread of areas from cyber policy to Arctic security and addressing climate change.
“Now we have much in common, and we’re enriched by one another’s cultures, perspectives and histories,” Carney said during a joint media event where each leaders made statements but took no questions.
“This can be a strong foundation on which we are able to construct something even higher, more prosperous, more ambitious.”
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Carney, who earned a smile and a clap from Takaichi by making some remarks in Japanese, touted the 2 countries’ close economic and security partnerships, including $40 billion in two-way trade and joint efforts to patrol the Pacific.
“We do much, but we’re able to do way more,” he said.
Carney said a Team Canada trade mission will travel to Japan in “the subsequent few months.”
The strategic partnership agreements involve closer co-operation on international emergency response, joint coast guard exercises, and tackling illegal fishing within the North Pacific.
On trade, the 2 countries said they’d instruct officials to “discover immediate investment opportunities, including through pension funds” and exchange trade delegations.
Additionally they agreed to expand trade on the subject of energy projects, including liquefied natural gas, and to work closer on critical minerals, including to secure reliable supplies, amongst other measures.
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