TORONTO – January 15, 2019 – The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) is pleased to present a keynote address with APF Canada’s second John H. McArthur Distinguished Fellow, Michael R....

Following a series of vaccination scandals over the last few years, China is now drafting a new health act that not only guarantees the right to health care as a fundamental human right, but also...

In a world where ALL CAPS Tweets shape foreign policy, where full-blown trade wars supplant differences of opinion, and where despots and autocrats gleefully jackboot the liberal world order,...

VANCOUVER, BC – December 10, 2018 – The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) is pleased to announce that Dr. Jeffrey Reeves will be joining APF Canada as Vice-President, Research,...

Noah Holdings Limited, a China-based wealth and asset management company serving clients in Mainland China, Taiwan, and the United States, hosted its first cohort of Canadian interns at its Hong Kong...

Although the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) is now official, Canada should not let up on its push for more trade diversification. Canada’s federal government has taken a step in the...

At a time of high economic uncertainty, social tensions, and radical changes in the political landscape globally, the inaugural Paris Peace Forum (PPF) made a timely and bold statement about the...

If the events surrounding the signing of the recent USMCA trade agreement have taught Canadian businesses anything, it’s that we need to continue diversifying our trade interests. While it’s easy to...

This report provides recommendations for how Canada can better prepare for the coming era of closer engagement with China. Specifically, it looks at what Canada can do to support Canadian youth in...

Canadian regionalism, or differing views and positions across the country, is part of the fabric that makes Canada, Canada. The roots of these regional divergences grew out of the country's history...

Japan is a high-tech country, and e-commerce is on the rise. The island country has the second-largest e-commerce market in the Asia Pacific and the fourth-largest market in the world. For Canadian...

In this examination of Canada-Japan twinning relationships, Canada-Asia Agenda author Dr. Scott Harrison explores the value of these initiatives for building transpacific ties and overall gains in...

Is Canada falling behind its global competitors in accessing markets in Asia? Many Canadians think so. This is one of the key findings of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada’s latest National...

By the time Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wrapped up his three-day visit to Beijing on October 27, companies from both countries had signed agreements to co-operate on more than 50...

According to the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada’s (APF Canada) national opinion poll, 59 per cent of Canadians believe that within the not-too-distant future, our trade with Asia will outweigh our...

Some 8,000 km separate Canada and Japan. In 1930, that trip would have been the equivalent of an 8 day, 6 hour and 27 minute voyage between Yokohama and Vancouver on the RMS Empress of Japan. Today,...

There has been a longstanding dispute between British Columbia and Alberta over the potential environmental risks versus the economic benefits of transporting oil or gas through pipelines. As the...

China appears to have been surprised by the sharp escalation of its rivalry with the United States into a full-blown trade war. There are several practical options available for China to de-escalate...