Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesian Minister of Trade Muhammad Lutfi and Canadian Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade Mary Ng on June 21 virtually launched negotiations on the Indonesia-Canada Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (ICA-CEPA). The two countries started the negotiations with awareness and hope that the ICA-CEPA can provide various benefits of trade and investment opportunities for business actors from both countries as a whole, said Trade Minister Lutfi. Describing the launch of the ICA-CEPA talks as a milestone of the 69-year Indonesia- Canada relationship, the minister said the effort was carried out as one of the strategies to strengthen foreign cooperation relations between Indonesia and Canada as important and strategic equal partners, especially in the midst of a very dynamic world geopolitical change. This agreement is a strategic effort to open up opportunities for greater penetration of Indonesian products in … [Read more...] about Indonesia, Canada launch bilateral economic deal talks