{"id":838091,"date":"2026-07-31T12:10:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/838091\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T12:10:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:10:41","slug":"ottawa-opening-exports-office-as-part-of-strategy-to-diversify-trade-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/838091\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa opening exports office as part of strategy to diversify trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Global Affairs Canada said the office will identify export opportunities, co-ordinate government engagement to support Canadian firms and support advocacy by senior government officials.<\/p>\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783590790_152_indicator-big.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThink of the strategic export office as your government-level deal-maker,\u201d said Sidhu. \u201cIt brings strategic advocacy, government financing and diplomatic support together in one place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters Thursday, Sidhu said boards of trade and commerce organizations across the country have indicated to him that Canada is losing out on business because it\u2019s not as co-ordinated as other countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey would get to the finish line, another state leader would swoop in, a trade minister would swoop and make a call, and billions of dollars of deals would be lost,\u201d he said. \u201cBetter coordination is what\u2019s required.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Conservative MP and international trade critic Stephanie Kusie said Thursday that Liberals have had more than a decade to get co-ordinated on international trade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow their answer is another government office with no clear targets, timeline or measurable results,\u201d she said. \u201cCanadian exporters need action from their government, not another bureaucratic announcement or advisory council.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Liberals have set a goal of doubling non-U.S. exports over the next decade.<\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s spring economic update said non-U.S. goods and services exports increased by $33 billion in 2025 over 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Samantha Lafleur, a spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada, said in an email last week that in the first quarter of this year, non-U.S. exports of goods and services were worth $96.2 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Mark Carney\u2019s government has boasted of signing more than 20 strategic trade and defence agreements around the world over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa signed a free trade deal with Ecuador last Friday. The same day, the governments of Canada and the United Arab Emirates announced they had concluded negotiations on a free-trade agreement.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Sidhu also announced the launch a strategic exports advisory council. <\/p>\n<p>Global Affairs Canada said the council will provide a space for \u201cstrategic dialogue\u201d between the government and private sector leaders on trade diversification and the operations of the strategic exports office.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the council include the heads of OpenText, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Bombardier. <\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 30, 2026. <\/p>\n<p>Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Global Affairs Canada said the office will identify export opportunities, co-ordinate government engagement to support Canadian firms and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":838092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-838091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=838091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/838092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=838091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=838091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=838091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}