September 7, 2026, 7:00 PM ET
Barrett Bingley is Asia Regional Director of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, based in Singapore. He was previously senior policy advisor to Canada’s foreign and trade ministers.

Canada and Asia already have the trade agreements, expert agencies, joint business councils and chambers of commerce to facilitate the flow of goods and services. Yet with all this support, too few business people—on either side of the Pacific—know what’s going on.COLE BURSTON VIA GETTY IMAGES