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CHRÉTIEN, Jean

2005-0289

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1999-09-16

News media briefing by a senior government official from the Privy Council Office [Peter McGovern] and business leaders participating in the Team Canada trade mission, in the Okura Hotel of Tokyo, Japan. Included subjects are the contribution of Japan to peacekeeping missions of the United Nations (UN) although the Japanese constitution forbids the existence of an army, the difficulties in measuring the impact of the trade mission in Japan since establishing contacts between businesses is priceless and since contracts with Japanese businesses might help in relations with businesses in other Asian countries, the negative trade balance of Canada with Japan, the higher exports of Canadian manufactured products to Japan, an agreement between Bombardier Transportation and Mitsubishi Group over ten years, the recovery of Japanese economy, and the role of the trade mission in showing Japanese companies that the Canadian government supports its industries. <40mn>

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