The heads of Australia, Canada, and New Zealand will hold a trilateral meeting aimed at bolstering cooperation on economic and political issues.
It comes as the three leaders visit Vientiane, Laos, to attend the 44th ASEAN Summit.
In a press conference ahead of the meeting on Oct. 10, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the three countries had been working on some “excellent critical minerals initiatives” and maintaining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
The CPTPP is a free trade agreement involving 11 countries in the Asia Pacific region and beyond, of which Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are members….