Asia Events

Canada-in-Asia: Momentum Taipei kicks off the 2026 Momentum series in Taiwan with a focus on the energy and materials foundations of advanced technology manufacturing. 

Taiwan's semiconductor ecosystem accounts for a growing share of national electricity demand, with credible estimates placing Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC) alone at close to 8 per cent of total consumption. 

Taipower's own chairman has captured the policy in three words: electricity is competitiveness. The supply side is under strain. Taiwan holds approximately 150 days of oil reserves but only about 11 days of spare LNG. The demand side is moving fast. TSMC has brought its RE100 commitment forward to 2040 with a 60 per cent renewable target for 2030, and Taiwan intends to tender 15 gigawatts of offshore wind between 2026 and 2035.  

Canada is arriving with a track record and the intention of answering what comes next. Energy technologies, LNG, renewables, critical minerals – all are services and goods Canada can partner with Taiwan on to support Taiwan’s semiconductor and advanced manufacturing ecosystems. 

This Momentum event seeks to illuminate the needs and the pathways for co-operation.

The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada is supporting the Government of Canada’s Team Canada Trade Mission to India by bringing a delegation of Canadian women entrepreneurs to Mumbai and Bengaluru in mid-October 2026. 

Led by The Hon. Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade, the Team Canada Trade Mission will help Canadian businesses explore commercial opportunities and build relationships in the Indian market.

APF Canada’s delegation of entrepreneurs includes women-led companies in healthtech, cleantech, renewable energy, and agrifood. Participating entrepreneurs will connect with potential partners in India through business meetings, market briefings, site visits, and networking.

Alongside the mission, APF Canada will convene executive women’s roundtables on Canada-India commercial relations in Mumbai and Bengaluru, bringing together Canadian and Indian business leaders to explore women’s leadership, cross-border networks, and opportunities for commercial collaboration. The discussions will consider how sustained relationships can help women-led businesses access markets and contribute to stronger Canada–India economic partnerships.

Building on APF Canada’s participation in the Team Canada Trade Mission to Japan earlier this year, this initiative forms part of the Foundation's Women’s Business Mission to Asia Series, supporting women entrepreneurs in expanding internationally and advancing Canada’s trade diversification across the Indo-Pacific.

This initiative is made possible through the generous support of the Government of Canada's Women Entrepreneurship Strategy and the Mission Series' Official Airline Partner, Air Canada.

How ready is the Indonesian business community to seize the opportunities offered by the Canada-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)? Findings from the Kadin Indonesia Institute survey show that 84.4 per cent of respondents have either never heard of or know very little about the Agreement. Interestingly, a majority of respondents are already able to identify potential sectors and channels for doing business with Canada.

Through a collaboration between the Kadin Indonesia Institute and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, these findings are highlighted in the Insights Paper “Indonesian Business Perceptions of the Indonesia–Canada CEPA,” exploring the gap between business awareness and the utilization of Canada-Indonesia CEPA opportunities.