The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition that back in 2012, AltaGas faced a shrinking U.S. market for its propane, so the Calgary energy company turned to Asia. The Globe's Steven Chase writes that in 2025, AltaGas was exporting $2.9-billion a year of liquid petroleum gas to Asia, a majority of it propane, and had secured a sizable share of the Japanese market. As well, its business is growing in China and South Korea. It is a story that has received far less attention than Canada's success at starting liquefied natural gas exports to Asia last year, or the increase in Canadian oil exports to China after the expansion of capacity on the Trans Mountain pipeline. With a U.S.-initiated trade war weighing on the Canadian economy and clouding the future of continental free trade, finding overseas markets for Canadian resources has become a priority for governments and businesses alike. AltaGas has already done for propane and butanes what executives and politicians are now trying to do for countless other products that are made or extracted here. Its success is an indication of what may be possible for resources, and a reminder that such overseas expansion often relies upon investment in export terminals at home.