Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all of the officials who are here today on this important question.
I met recently with Representative Chen, who is, as you know, the representative of Taiwan here in Canada and based out of Ottawa. It is a priority of his that we conclude a foreign investment promotion and protection agreement, also known as a FIPA, with Taiwan.
On January 9, 2022, Minister Ng also spoke with Minister John Deng from Taiwan. During that meeting the two ministers agreed to begin exploratory discussions on a FIPA.
Can you perhaps elaborate and speak to this recent announcement of exploratory discussions between Canada and Taiwan?