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Open this photo in gallery:Canada has many opportunities to deliver its energy and resources to Asian markets, but it needs to boost its presence in the region to improve business relationships with potential customers, professor Kazuto Suzuki says. Amir Salehi/The Globe and MailPrime Minister Mark Carney should spend more time in Asia if Canada wants to secure energy trade deals with the region, says prominent Tokyo-based academic Kazuto Suzuki. Canada’s tumultuous trade relationship with the United States under President Donald Trump has led Mr. Carney to court closer ties with Europe. Last month, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called on Canada to become the European Union’s first “associate member.” In response, Mr. Carney pitched a new alliance between Canada and the bloc, who will meet in Montreal later this month. Dr. Suzuki, a professor at the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Public Policy and a member of the government’s Council for Japan’s Growth Strategy, said he understands why trade spats with the U. S. are pushing Mr. Carney closer to the EU. “If being an associate member opens the door for the EU, then probably that’s the right strategy.

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