Canada-ASEAN Business Council

The Canada-ASEAN Business Council (CABC) was established in 2012 by private sector companies in ASEAN and is the preeminent organization with an ASEAN region-wide mandate to promote and increase trade relations between Canada and ASEAN. In 2024, the CABC was recognized as Canadas only entity officially associated with ASEAN. The mission of CABC is simple: to to facilitate increased trade and investment in the Canada-ASEAN economic corridor, and to provide our members with concrete commercial opportunities to build and grow their companies. Since its founding, the CABC has produced numerous key initiatives to enhance outcomes for Canadian businesses in the region. These include the production of an Opportunities Study for Canadian Companies, and two Surveys of Canadian Business in ASEAN (2013 and 2016) to better understand the obstacles of doing business in ASEAN. CABC has also jointly produced a first-of-its-kind report detailing the specific economic benefits Canada and ASEAN cou...