Trade Missions

Clark led 7 trade missions to Asia, including China, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines. When she left office BC’s trade with China alone had grown by 27.7% to $6.1B. This helped ensure that her province was the least dependent of any Canadian province on the US market (50% vs 75 – 92%) and entrenched BC as one of North America’s crucial gateways to the Asian market.