What is Canada’s Value-Added Gateway?
This is a term that describes an approach for building on the success of the Asia Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative (APGCI). Its goal is to find ways to help create more jobs and generate more wealth that will contribute to sustained long term economic growth. It goes beyond traditional bricks and mortar to finding ways to benefit from the economic value associated with gateway investments and emerging trade patterns. It also focuses on how to allow Canadian companies to exploit more global opportunities by identifying key policy barriers and conducting awareness programs and strategic research on key issues, e.g., the Foreign Trade Zone concept and how it applies to Canada. Work on such issues involves collaboration among many federal departments and agencies.
