Minister Fast Concludes Successful Trade Mission to the Americas

The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, [has] wrapped up his successful six-day trade mission to Colombia and Peru, key Canadian partner countries in the Americas and priority markets under Canada’s Global Markets Action Plan (GMAP).

During the mission, the Minister promoted and showcased Canada’s strengths and capabilities in the oil and gas, mining, and defence and security sectors—priority sectors under GMAP—and celebrated the August anniversaries of the free trade agreements that Canada has with the two countries.

The free trade agreement with Peru, in force since August 2009, and the three-year-old agreement with Colombia are helping Canadian companies create new business opportunities and jobs by giving them competitive advantages in these priority markets...

This has been excerpted from the 15 August 2014 news release by Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada.