Minister Van Loan visits Asia 

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, meets with Kaneichi Maehara, Vice-Chairman and President of Keizai Doyukai [the Japan Association of Corporate Executives], one of the main business organizations in Japan, to discuss further business cooperation between Canada and Japan, including the possibility of an economic partnership agreement.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, meets with Toichi Sakata, Vice-Minister of Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, to discuss strengthening the Canada-Japan science and technology relationship.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, speaking at the Friends of Canada Symposium, which brought together Japanese economic and social organizations with links to Canada.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, answers questions at the Friends of Canada Symposium.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, (front row, 7th from left) with participants in the Friends of Canada Symposium, in Tokyo.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, concludes a constructive visit to Japan.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, meets with Martin Perez, Peru's Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, at the APEC meeting of ministers responsible for trade, Sapporo, Japan.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, shakes hands with Australia's Minister for Trade, Simon Crean, at the APEC meeting of ministers responsible for trade, Sapporo, Japan.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, shakes hands with Japan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Katsuya Okada, at the APEC meeting of ministers responsible for trade, Sapporo, Japan.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, at the APEC Trade Ministers Joint Press Conference; (from left Simon Crean, Australia's Minister for Trade; Minister Van Loan; Lim Hng Kiang, Singapore's Minister of Trade; Japan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Katsuya Okada).

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, shakes hands with Vietnam's Minister of Industry and Trade, Vu Huy Hoang, at the APEC meeting of ministers responsible for trade, Sapporo, Japan.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, shakes hands with China's Minister of Commerce, Chen Deming, at the APEC meeting of ministers responsible for trade, Sapporo, Japan.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, (front row, 3rd from left) at the APEC meeting of ministers responsible for trade, Sapporo, Japan.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, meets with Masayuki Naoshima, Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, at the APEC meeting of ministers responsible for trade, Sapporo, Japan.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan plants a tree in Sapporo Daichi Park at the APEC meeting for ministers responsible for trade, Sapporo, Japan.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, joins his counterparts in a traditional barrel opening ceremony to kick off the APEC trade ministers meeting, Sapporo, Japan.
From Left - Lim Jock Hoi, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Brunei Darussalam; Jorge Bunster, Director General for International Economic Relations, Republic of Chile; Chen Deming, Minister of Commerce, People's Republic of China ; Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade Canada ; and Simon Crean, Minister for Trade, Australia.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, greets Indonesia Minister of Trade, Mari Pangestu, at the APEC meeting for ministers responsible for trade, Sapporo, Japan.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, meets with Shao Qiwei, Chairman of the China National Tourism Administration.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, meets with China's Vice Minister of Commerce Ma Xiuhong, Shanghai.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, and the Honourable James M. Flaherty, Minister of Finance, welcome the family of Qiao Ren Biao, the one-millionth visitor to the Canada Pavilion, Expo 2010 Shanghai.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, speaks at the Asia Pacific Canadian Chambers of Commerce Forum, Shanghai.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, shakes hands with China's Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang, Shanghai.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, witnesses the signings of eight contracts and agreements during a business signing ceremony, Expo 2010, Shanghai.

Minister Van Loan announces Invest in Canada week to an audience of business leaders while visiting Shanghai on June 1, 2010. Invest in Canada week will take place in October during the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, with David Mulroney, Canada's Ambassador to China, enjoy the "flying man" wind tunnel at the Latvian Pavilion at Shanghai's Expo.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, tours the exhibits in the Canada Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo, with the pavilion's Commissioner General Mark Rowswell.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, and David Mulroney, Canada's Ambassador to China, take part in the Canada-China Science and Technology Committee Meeting at the Shanghai Expo's Canada Pavilion. The focus of the meeting was on clean technology.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, shakes hands with Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng, Shanghai, China.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, looks out across the Huangpu River to the modern skyscrapers of Pudong, Shanghai at the start of his trade visit to China.