Justin Trudeau snubs Malcolm Turnbull in no-show at APEC

 CANADA’S PM Justin Trudeau has blown a trade pact with Australia and nine other nations out of the water after failing to turn up at a crucial leaders’ meeting. AAP News Corp Australia NetworkNOVEMBER 10, 20179:19PM Video Image Play VideoPlay Current Time 0:00 / Duration Time 0:00 Loaded: 0%Progress: 0% Fullscreen 

Trudeau snubs trade meeting at APEC CANADA has blown a trade pact with Australia and nine other nations out of the water after snubbing a leader’s meeting and making a raft of last minute demands. All 11 trade ministers from the Trans-Pacific Partnership countries including Canada had agreed on a “substantial conclusion” to the deal. It was to be signed off by leaders on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam on Friday evening. Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives in Da Nang for the APEC summit. Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives in Da Nang for the APEC summit.Source:AFP But Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised a raft of last minute issues and stood up a meeting of the 10 other leaders including Malcolm Turnbull. Australian Trade Minister Steven Ciobo, who was in Vietnam for the negotiations, is deeply disappointed. 

“It’s less than ideal to have every leader and trade minister from the other 10 countries sitting around the table and not having Canada there,” he told reporters in Da Nang. “That’s not an ideal outcome.” Negotiations on the deal will continue, but Mr Ciobo concedes any final agreement will not be struck this weekend. The empty seat (foreground) allocated for Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a meeting for the Trans Pacific Partnership. The empty seat (foreground) allocated for Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a meeting for the Trans Pacific Partnership.Source:AAP “There is of course still opportunity for us to continue discussions to try to work our way through the last remaining issues Canada raised,” Mr Ciobo said. “But at this point in time it would appear, at the request of Canada, we’ve been unable to have leaders achieve a resolution today.” 

A source close to the negotiations said there were “a lot of very angry people, a lot of very pissed off leaders” at the meeting. “The Canadians screwed everybody,” they said. Australian Trade Minister Steven Ciobo, pictured after the meeting, was unimpressed. Australian Trade Minister Steven Ciobo, pictured after the meeting, was unimpressed.Source:AAP It is not the first time the Trans-Pacific Partnership has been dealt a significant blow. Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the agreement soon after becoming president, insisting he would only engage in country-to-country trade deals.