This week, Trudeau will become the first sitting Canadian prime minister to participate in the annual East Asia Summit and is the only one who’s ever been invited, his office said. MANILA, PHILIPPINES—Justin Trudeau landed in the Philippines on Sunday with the goal of raising Canada’s profile in the Asia-Pacific region, especially on security issues and trade. The ASEAN summit itself will give Trudeau an opportunity to advance his trade agenda with the emerging bloc of 10 Southeast Asian countries, which is already Canada’s sixth-largest trading partner. Trudeau has said he has no one-on-one meeting planned with Duterte, who will host the ASEAN summit. “They don’t want us to talk about human rights,” Welch said.

Source: thestar November 12, 2017 15:56 UTC