{"id":259256,"date":"2020-06-25T06:51:06","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T10:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=259256"},"modified":"2020-06-25T06:51:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T10:51:06","slug":"readout-minister-ng-speaks-with-minister-for-foreign-trade-and-development-cooperation-of-the-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/06\/25\/readout-minister-ng-speaks-with-minister-for-foreign-trade-and-development-cooperation-of-the-netherlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Readout: Minister Ng speaks with Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_259342\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-259342\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/101252337_2605532262996883_3808835766130311168_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-259342\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/101252337_2605532262996883_3808835766130311168_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/101252337_2605532262996883_3808835766130311168_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/101252337_2605532262996883_3808835766130311168_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/101252337_2605532262996883_3808835766130311168_n-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-259342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, spoke today with Sigrid Kaag, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/maryngMarkhamThornhill\/photos\/a.1861282744088509\/2605532259663550\/?type=3&amp;theater\">File Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/maryngMarkhamThornhill\/\">Mary Ng\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, spoke today with Sigrid Kaag, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Ng highlighted Canada\u2019s commitment to further strengthening its ties with the Netherlands through the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, underscoring the opportunities the agreement creates for people on both sides of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministers also discussed the importance of ongoing global cooperation and coordination in the COVID-19 response and of finding ways to advocate for workers\u2019 rights and fight climate change, while protecting the health and safety of Canada\u2019s and the Netherlands\u2019 people.<\/p>\n<p>They also spoke of the crucial role the WTO plays in keeping supply chains open so businesses and people in both regions can access the goods and services they rely on.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the conversation, the Ministers discussed the WTO Ottawa Group as a valuable platform to support businesses as they shift online in response to COVID-19, by helping entrepreneurs in health, financial technology, and clean technology harness the opportunities of the digital economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, spoke today with Sigrid Kaag, Minister for &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":259342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-news","mauthors-global-affairs-canada","mauthors-government-of-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":259343,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259256\/revisions\/259343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}