OTTAWA — Just two weeks after returning from an overseas trip and days removed from a precipitously narrow budget vote, Prime Minister Mark Carney is once again packing his bags.

On Tuesday, Carney departs for the United Arab Emirates to meet with President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and other government officials, on a mission described by the PMO to “expand the Canada-UAE economic partnership in key sectors such as energy, agriculture, infrastructure, and AI.”

Government officials told reporters last week the trip will attempt to wrap up investment negotiations that have been taking place between the two countries for over a decade, and bolster trade and private investment between the two nations.

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne will accompany Carney to the UA

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