Canada’s Minister of International Trade, Mary Ng, recently joined U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai,, in announcing the launch of the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (APEP).
Led by the United States, APEP is a new framework for cooperation across the Americas aiming to deliver economic growth in the region, generate good middle-class jobs and reduce economic inequality.
The initial members of APEP are Barbados, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, the United States and Uruguay.
This ambitious partnership aims to help integrate member country economies in a way that encourages human rights, economic development and transparent governance and eradicates forced labour.
Link: Joint Declaration on the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity