Lesson 28 — Activity 2: Canada's Priorities in APEC
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Lesson 28 — Activity 2: Canada's Priorities in APEC
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The most recent APEC Summit was held in Manila, Philippines, on November 18 and 19, 2015. At APEC 2015, representatives focused their attention on trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region and how to support sustained and quality growth. Other considerations included how to promote social inclusion, institution building, and environmental responsibility in order to foster growth for the future.
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In this activity, you will learn about Canada's priorities in APEC.
Canada has three major priorities as a part of APEC. These are as follows:
1. To increase Canadian trade policy interests. This can be done by making the Asia-Pacific region more accessible to Canadian businesses through various forms of trade.
2. To enhance security in the Asia-Pacific region through counter-terrorism agreements, construction, strengthening health security, emergency preventative techniques, and providing programs that will prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
3. To allow private businesses to develop in the Asia-Pacific countries. Canada will support those types of measures and ideas that will help small, medium, and micro-enterprises to expand into other countries. This will also help the developing economies to increase.
These major priorities are important to the people of Canada. More than two and a half million jobs depend on our exports to APEC members in East Asia alone. These exports have also allowed underdeveloped countries to become more modern and provide more opportunities for their people. For example, within the span of one generation, bicycles and sampans have given way to subways and supertankers as Asian countries have used our technology to improve their trade markets.
Canada has three major priorities as a part of APEC. These are as follows:
1. To increase Canadian trade policy interests. This can be done by making the Asia-Pacific region more accessible to Canadian businesses through various forms of trade.
2. To enhance security in the Asia-Pacific region through counter-terrorism agreements, construction, strengthening health security, emergency preventative techniques, and providing programs that will prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
3. To allow private businesses to develop in the Asia-Pacific countries. Canada will support those types of measures and ideas that will help small, medium, and micro-enterprises to expand into other countries. This will also help the developing economies to increase.
These major priorities are important to the people of Canada. More than two and a half million jobs depend on our exports to APEC members in East Asia alone. These exports have also allowed underdeveloped countries to become more modern and provide more opportunities for their people. For example, within the span of one generation, bicycles and sampans have given way to subways and supertankers as Asian countries have used our technology to improve their trade markets.
1. To increase Canadian trade policy interests. This can be done by making the Asia-Pacific region more accessible to Canadian businesses through various forms of trade.
2. To enhance security in the Asia-Pacific region through counter-terrorism agreements, construction, strengthening health security, emergency preventative techniques, and providing programs that will prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
3. To allow private businesses to develop in the Asia-Pacific countries. Canada will support those types of measures and ideas that will help small, medium, and micro-enterprises to expand into other countries. This will also help the developing economies to increase.
These major priorities are important to the people of Canada. More than two and a half million jobs depend on our exports to APEC members in East Asia alone. These exports have also allowed underdeveloped countries to become more modern and provide more opportunities for their people. For example, within the span of one generation, bicycles and sampans have given way to subways and supertankers as Asian countries have used our technology to improve their trade markets.