Canada trade agency to open offices in Tokyo, Manila, Ho Chi Minh City

Ottawa accelerates Indo-Pacific push after entering Jakarta and Seoul

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The Japanese and Canadian trade ministers, Yasutoshi Nishimura and Mary Ng, seal a memorandum of understanding over battery supply chains in Ottawa on Sept. 21. (The Canadian Press via AP)

KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei Asia diplomatic correspondent

OTTAWA, Canada -- Export Development Canada, the government's trade promotion agency, will open representative offices in Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam next year, its chief said on Monday.

Speaking at the Indo-Pacific Strategy Forum in Ottawa, hosted by the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy and the Canada West Foundation, President and CEO Mairead Lavery said the aim of the offices in Tokyo, Manila and Ho Chi Minh City is "to get Brand Canada out there."

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