Canada turns to Asia as efforts to shift trade from United States expand

Open this photo in gallery: Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is headed off to Japan and Malaysia to help lay the groundwork for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s travel to Asia this fall.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is visiting Japan and Malaysia this week as the Canadian government expands efforts to shift trade relations away from the United States – this time to Asia. Prime Minister Mark Carney last month signed a security pact with the European Union and announced negotiations to deepen economic relations with the 27-member bloc on digital trade, agriculture, energy, labour mobility and…