Trudeau Uses Pandemic Plagued Supply Chains in Free Trade Pitch to ASEAN

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau participates in a family photo with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Chilean President Sebastian Pinera and Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha before the ASEAN working luncheon in Singapore, on Nov. 14, 2018. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used the specter of gnarled global supply chains in a bid Sunday to a bloc of Southeast Asian nations to win them over on a free trade deal.

Trudeau has long sought a trade deal with the 10-nation bloc, which includes the Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar.