Canada’s Export Diversification Strategy facilitates efforts to help Canadian businesses reduce the uncertainties and potential disruptions they may face in international trade, as well as help them seize the opportunities created by diversifying to new global markets.

Materials prepared for ministers for an appearance.

It’s safe to say that the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement—one of Canada’s most ambitious and progressive trade deals—has benefited Canadian businesses from coast to coast to coast.

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is a mega regional trade agreement that involves 11 countries spanning the entire the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. Canada is among the first six countries to have ratified the CPTPP on December 30, 2018, along with Australia, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand and Singapore. The Agreement was later ratified by Vietnam on January 14, 2019, and most recently by Peru on September 19, 2021.

,Data on the activities of Canadian and foreign multinational enterprises in Canada, for example the number of jobs, assets, operating revenues, international merchandise trade or gross domestic product, as a share of the Canadian economy.,

The Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development appeared before the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade on their study on the Canadian Foreign service and elements of the Foreign Policy Machinery within Global Affairs Canada on December 15, 2022.

This is the ministerial transition binder for Global Affairs Canada's new Minister of International Trade .

2019: This report provides a comprehensive summary of the main developments in Canada’s commercial activities during the previous year. It describes the events that took place in the global economy and trade in 2018, the main developments in Canada’s economy and those of its most important partner economies and regions. It reports the developments in Canada’s trade in goods and services, as well as flows and stocks of foreign direct investment and Canadian direct investment abroad. 2020: This report gives Canadians a snapshot of our economic activities in 2019 while recognizing the unprecedented global uncertainty of 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This report highlights how Canadian innovation and resilience has allowed our businesses to continue to compete in the global marketplace and our government’s commitment to supporting trade through turbulent times. 2021: This report captures the story of the incredible sacrifices made and resilience demonstrated by Canadians and businesses through an unparalleled chapter in our country's history, and charts a path forward as we step into our recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. 2022 : This report highlights Canada's robust trade and investment recovery, which has displayed remarkable resilience during another challenging year. This year's report focuses on free trade agreements, which will continue to be vital tools for Canadian businesses as they enter this new phase of the post-pandemic recovery.

The economic empowerment of Indigenous peoples and their communities is a priority of the Government of Canada.

This briefing package provided to the Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade for their appearance before the Standing Committee on International Trade on October 28, 2022 is disclosed pursuant to the Access to Information Act which requires federal institutions to proactively publish various types of information that would be of interest to the public since June 21, 2019.