Canada may pursue a free trade agreement with Japan if the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement fails to materialize. Japan was once Canada’s second largest trading partner, but now is fifth. Canada and Japan began free-trade negotiations in 2012, but put those talks on hold when they joined the ambitious TPP talks. Full article as in the Globe and Mail is available at:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canada-and-japan-talk-trade-in-lead-up-to-g7-summit/article30117485/