The Indo-Pacific strategy is being crafted in the wake of the worst rupture in relations between Ottawa and Beijing in half a century
The federal government is designing its first strategy that encompasses the entire Indo-Pacific region, which will include the formidable challenge of dealing with an increasingly aggressive China.
In recent months, Mr. Fried has been consulting business leaders, provinces, academics, and China and Asia-Pacific experts on an all-encompassing plan. This not only addresses superpower China but focuses on diversifying trade with Southeast Asian countries, such as Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand.
Like their Asian neighbours facing China’s militarization of the South China Sea, this Indian Ocean group has watched China build influence in the larger region, from a military base in Djibouti to the Gwadar port in Pakistan and Hambantota port in Sri Lanka. At his September confirmation hearings in Washington, David Cohen, the new U.S. ambassador to Canada, said the Biden administration has been “waiting for Canada to release its framework for its overall China policy.” He said his task in Ottawa would include making “sure that Canada’s policies reflect its words in terms of the treatment of China.”
Mr. Saint-Jacques, who is on the list of those to be consulted by Mr. Fried, said the centerpiece of any Indo-Pacific strategy still has to be China, especially in the aftermath of the release from Chinese prisons of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig. The trade bloc, which was to include the United States before Donald Trump pulled out, is expected to expand one day to include South Korea, Indonesia and possibly India. China and Taiwan have also asked to join.
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