Canada’s Shift Towards the Indo-Pacific: Economic and Trade Aspects

Shubham Verma

International Studies, 2023, vol. 60, issue 4, 401-416

Abstract: Canada had always been considered as an Atlantic nation because of its strong traditional ties with the Europe. The paper is an attempt to analyse this conception of Canada and it tries to establish Canada as a Pacific nation. It primarily focuses on Canada’s economic and trade ties with the Asian and Pacific countries. The paper investigates the earlier Asia Pacific constructs and attempts to explain the gradual shift towards the construct of Indo Pacific. It also underlies the subtle difference between the two constructs. In an attempt to establish this the paper focuses on Canada’s potential to develop an Indo Pacific construct which is based on its position of rule of law and liberal internationalism and cooperation with like minded countries. The paper analyses Canada’s position in the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership and how this could help Canada to justify and develop its Indo Pacific narrative.

Keywords: Asian–Pacific; diplomacy; economics; foreign policy analysis; international politics; politics of Canada (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/00208817231172367

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