Efforts to bring down provincial and territorial trade barriers will soon create new economic opportunities for local businesses, P.E.I.'s minister of economic development, innovation and trade said Friday.

Darlene Compton recently attended a meeting of federal, provincial and territorial ministers in Quebec City, where Internal Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland hosted a full day of discussions focused on interprovincial trade.

One of the key announcements from the talks was an agreement allowing …