Relationship dossier
Canada
Malaysia
Relationship assessment
Canada–Malaysia ties include cooperation through trans-Pacific trade and bilateral investment frameworks.
Canada toward Malaysia
+30Canada participates with Malaysia in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership and has a bilateral foreign investment promotion and protection agreement with Malaysia, providing concrete frameworks for economic cooperation.
Malaysia toward Canada
+30Malaysia participates with Canada in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership and has a bilateral foreign investment promotion and protection agreement with Canada, providing concrete frameworks for economic cooperation.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship has a cooperative economic foundation, including participation in a shared regional trade agreement and a bilateral investment agreement. These arrangements support a positive assessment, while the known scope of cooperation is concentrated in economic ties.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Canada and Malaysia have a cooperative relationship centered in part on trade and investment. Both participate in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, and a bilateral foreign investment promotion and protection agreement provides a further framework for economic cooperation. The scope of cooperation beyond these arrangements is less clear.
Key developments
Canada and Malaysia signed a bilateral foreign investment promotion and protection agreement.
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership entered into force for Canada.
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership entered into force for Malaysia.
Major uncertainties
- The practical scope and use of the bilateral investment agreement are unclear.
- Details of cooperation beyond trade and investment are limited.