• Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces that two Canadian citizens who were detained by Beijing as part of a geopolitical tug of war had left Chinese airspace shortly after the release of Huawei’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, in Ottawa, on Sept. 24. | REUTERS
    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces that two Canadian citizens who were detained by Beijing as part of a geopolitical tug of war had left Chinese airspace shortly after the release of Huawei’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, in Ottawa, on Sept. 24. | REUTERS
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Wuhan, China, was the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in late 2019. The initial region-wide lockdown to stem the domestic transmission of the virus negatively affected global supply chains of a variety of sectors including the semiconductor, pharmaceutical and the automobile, among others.

Though geographically distant from the COVID-19 epicenter, Canada felt and continues to feel the challenges associated with disruptions in supply chains connected to the Indo-Pacific. These disruptions are prompting Canada and other countries to think about their economic security.

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