# Canada advancing ‘middle power strategy’ with new trade pacts, Anand says

https://mins.news/en/video/124480

- Global News, 2026-11-01 15:14 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_ESwqMCOjk

> Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada is moving quickly to diversify trade, aiming to double non-U.S. trade over the next decade. She spoke on the sidelines of a G20 meeting in Atlanta, where Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s attendance highlighted divisions within the group. Talks on a deal with Washington have broken down, prompting Prime Minister Mark Carney to pursue trade pacts aggressively.

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