Trade Envoy Signals Canada Will Protest Russian War at Summits

Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng signaled Wednesday that the country may continue to protest the war in Ukraine at multilateral summits involving Russian officials after doing so in Bangkok over the weekend.

Ng, along with trade officials from several countries including the US, Japan, Australia and New Zealand walked out of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Bangkok as Russia’s economic development minister spoke. The group later issued a statement expressing “grave concern” over Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine.