As Canada and Vietnam prepare to elevate their relationship to a strategic partnership, guest author Dr. Quynh Tran, Chief Trade Representative of Vietnam to Canada, argues that the most compelling reason isn’t about trading more with each other, but about building productive capacity together.

The Vietnamese president’s visit comes as Ottawa and Hanoi are both searching—from very different geopolitical positions—for greater resilience, diversified partnerships, and room to manoeuvre in a more contested world.

Prime Minister Mark Carney walked to the European Parliament’s lectern Thursday morning in Strasbourg, France, fresh off a clear political victory. But his vision of closer European Union ties has also clashed with harsh reality.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is selling some 167 major projects to investors at this week’s Canada Investment Summit. The strongest case for Canada may be a geopolitical one: in a world of weaponized trade routes, it is the reliable bridge between Asia and Europe.

Independent, non-partisan Canadian think tank will connect foreign policy with economic security, technology, defence, industry and other sources of national power

As Prime Minister Mark Carney has thawed Canada’s bilateral relationship with China within his wider policy of diplomatic and trade diversification in the face of an increasingly volatile United States, the question of Chinese electric vehicle investment in Canada has taken on new importance.