The Canada-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) represents an important milestone in Canada’s trade engagement in the Indo-Pacific region. Concluded in December 2024 and signed in September 2025, this Agreement seeks to deepen economic ties with Indonesia, a nation of nearly 282 million people with a thriving $1.9 trillion economy in 2024.
The CEPA is a comprehensive trade agreement that addresses market access for goods, services and investment, and includes provisions on small and medium sized enterprises, labour, environment and women’s economic empowerment. It will create a platform for Canadian business to benefit from increased opportunities associated with Indonesia’s economic growth. The CEPA will increase access to Indonesia’s market for Canadian traders by reducing or eliminating tariffs and by disciplining non-tariff barriers through provisions on sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical barriers to trade and good regulatory practices. It will also provide greater predictability and transparency for Canadian service providers and investors across a range of sectors.