SINGAPORE — Prime Minister Mark Carney travelled to Singapore on Tuesday, as his first official visit to Asia enters its second leg.

Carney has been pitching Canada as a reliable trading partner for Southeast Asia as he works to expand exports to non-U.S. markets, and also as an attractive place for investment.

On Sunday, he told a business audience in Malaysia that Canada has learned over the last year that “we need to build at scale at home,” adding that around half a trillion dollars of investment is needed “in many of the areas that I think many of the investors and businesses here would find attractive.”

Singapore is home to many heavyweight international investors and funds that have had prior contact with Carney.

On Tuesday, he lined up a series of private meetings with potentia

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