At a ministerial meeting of the Inclusive Trade Action Group (ITAG), the trade ministers from Canada, Chile and New Zealand signed the new global agreement on trade and gender. Canada’s Minister of Small Businesses, Export Promotion and International Trade, Mary Ng, hosted the virtual meeting, in which the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile, Andrés Allamand; the Undersecretary of International Economic Relations of Chile, Rodrigo Yáñez, and the Minister of Trade and Export Growth of New Zealand, David Parker, participated.
Venezuela Becomes India’s Fourth Strategic Crude Supplier Amid Global Energy Realignment
A sharp increase in bilateral shipments during the second quarter of 2026 positions Venezuelan crude as a key alternative for Indian supply, historically accounting for nearly 80% of the Asian nation’s total imports from the South American country.
