Arizona, Canada strengthen ties through new Phoenix trade office [Video]

PHOENIX – Arizona attracts tourists and foodies, major sports events and big business. The money comes from all over the world, but one major investor is the neighbor in the north: Canada.

Total trade between Arizona and Canada topped $5.3 billion in 2023. Arizona Rep. David Cook, R-Globe, who serves as the chair of the House International Trade Committee, has been an advocate for increasing trade with Canada.

“Where else can you take this large amount of money? Because you’re limited for investments in your own country of Canada – then what better place, what safer place to invest your people’s money than the state of Arizona,” Cook said.

Now the state is making it even easier for the two trade partners. In May, Cook and Gov. Katie Hobbs welcomed Mary Ng, Canada’s minister of export promotion, international trade and economic development, to Phoenix to announce the opening of a …