Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Wolfgang Depner
Publication Date: May 14, 2025 - 19:49
Eby to visit Japan, South Korea and Malaysia on trade trip to reduce U.S. reliance
May 14, 2025

B.C. Premier David Eby says a trade mission to Asia next month will help the province become the “engine of a new Canada,” but one economist says B.C. also needs to become more competitive at home.Eby will be visiting Japan, South Korea and Malaysia between June 1 and June 10 as part of a business delegation also including B.C. Agriculture Minister Lana Popham and Paul Choi, parliamentary secretary for Asia-Pacific trade.Eby says the trip is aimed at deepening ties with existing customers buying goods from British Columbia and finding new ones for natural resources in demand around the world.
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