Canada's Exports to China, Including of High-Quality Natural Resources, Increasing Thanks to Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative

October 17, 2011

The following is excerpted from a 14 October 2011 news release by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada.

The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today visited the port of Qingdao in China’s Shandong province, where he witnessed a shipment of B.C. wood products arriving from Canada’s Western Forest Products, Inc. Minister Fast saw first-hand how high-quality Canadian natural resources, including wood and agri-food products, are arriving in China in increasing volumes, thanks to the ease of movement made possible by Canada’s Asia-Pacific Gateway...

The release is available in its entirety at:

http://www.international.gc.ca/media_commerce/comm/news-communiques/2011/302.aspx?lang=eng&view=d

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Rules of Origin & Trade Agreements / Trade Agreements
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