With the fireworks and formalities done, it's time for delegates at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit to get down to business.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will sit down today for one-on-one meetings with a coterie of Pacific Rim leaders in between high-level APEC plenary sessions.
U.S. President Joe Biden rattled off a list of the challenges during Wednesday's opening reception, including confronting the potential rewards and risks of artificial intelligence.
The leaders will also talk about how to reinforce and streamline modern-day supply chains, all the while finding workable solutions to the climate crisis.
International Trade Minister Mary Ng says Canada will be especially focused on creating the conditions for economic growth across the Pacific Rim.
Ng says businesses both in Canada and abroad are looking for a level of certainty that will allow them to invest with confidence in growing their international trade.
(The Canadian Press)<