Key Takeways 3

I. Introduction 4

II. What Are Current Multilateral, Plurilateral, and Regional Restrictions Facing Canada's AI-Intensive Services in the Indo_Pacific? 5

  A. How are AI-intensive services liberalized and how can liberalization be measured? 5

  B. Multilateral commitments per GATS 7

  C. Barriers in the CPTPP 10

III. Applied Restrictions Facing Canadian AI-Intensive Companeis 12

  A. Recent reported barriers 12

  B. AI laws in the Indo-Pacific 14

Graphics 15

  Figure 1: Bound, applied, and preferential barriers to Canada’s AI-intensive services in Indo-Pacific markets, by country (all modes) 7

  Figure 2: Bound, applied, and preferential barriers to Canada’s AI-intensive services in Indo-Pacific markets, by sector (all modes) 8

  Figure 3: BSTRI by sector and market 9

  Figure 4: Barriers by sector and market in the CPTPP 10

  Figure 5: Applied barriers by sector and market (STRI) 11

  Figure 6: Applied barriers by modes and markets (STRI) 12

  Figure 7: Selected Indo-Pacific countries’ Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index 2025 14

IV. Conclusion 15