Prime Minister Mark Carney 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers opening remarks at a reception with business leaders on the sidelines of the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

• On Oct. 25, 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney pitched Canada as a reliable, rules-based partner to Southeast Asia at the ASEAN leaders' summit in Kuala Lumpur, attending as a guest of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
• Senior officials say the 10-nation bloc has shifted toward being an increasingly important commercial partner, prompting Canada to aim for doubling exports outside the U.S. in the next decade.
• Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet an oil and gas company, Malaysia's central bank and visit an aerospace facility during the Kuala Lumpur stop, as Ottawa fast-tracks LNG 2 and other projects via major-projects legislation.
• About 24 hours after Carney's speech, U.S. President Donald Trump canceled trade talks with Canada, calling the Ontario government anti-tariff ad campaign `crooked` and `possibly AI`.
• Canada and Association of Southeast Asian Nations are working to finalize a trade agreement expected early 2026 and the next phase of a five-year action plan expiring at the end of this year.

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