Canada and Australia in Asia-Pacific: Walking the Walk or Talking the Talk

Asian states will look at potential partners around the Pacific Rim and determine if they are ready to walk the walk or simply talk the talk. So far the lesson of Canada and Australia is that walking the walk requires sustained, strategic commitment, but has a big potential payoff. Australia has been taking concrete steps to solidify its relationship with Asia; Canada has been talking about it, and is only now starting to put into place an engagement program with substance.



Hugh Stephens Senior Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada via CHINA US Focus http://ift.tt/1MdQ2lN