Canada, India Both Want Free-Trade Deal, Champagne Says Amid Carney Trip

Canada, India both want free-trade deal, according to Champagne

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says the federal government is once again “exploring” a formal free-trade deal with India, and that the South Asian country also sees “a lot of benefit” to deepening ties with Canada.

Canada Aims to Sign Trade Deal With India by End of Year: Carney

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa is aiming to sign a comprehensive trade agreement with New Delhi by the end of this year and double two-way trade by 2030. “We’re now negotiating a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with the intention to double two-way trade by 2030,” Carney told a business audience at the Canada–India Growth and Investment Forum in Mumbai, India, on Feb. 28. “Our goal, to be clear, is to sign that agreement by t…

Carney in India: Half in Canada say it’s the ‘right’ time for trade talks; less urgency around concluding trade deal

Favourability towards India unchanged from prior to thawing of diplomatic relations under Carney March 1, 2026 – Prime Minister Mark Carney’s middle-power outreach tour is in India as he looks to continue patching up a relationship that’s frayed in recent years while broadening Canada’s economic horizons in the Indo Pacific. New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute in partnership… The post Carney in India: Half in Canada say it’s the ‘r…

Mark Carney hails India as ‘natural partner,’ sidestepping questions over alleged violence and political interference in Canada

The prime minister said in Mumbai Saturday he wants to ink a comprehensive trade deal with India by the end of the year.

Hailing India as a 'natural partner,' Carney says Canada can secure a free trade deal by year's end

Prime Minister Mark Carney's Indian charm offensive continued over the weekend as he set aside any notion of bilateral bad blood and hailed the South Asian country as a "natural partner."

Canada, India both want free-trade deal, Champagne says amid Carney trip

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champange says the federal government is once again “exploring” a formal free-trade deal with India, and that the South Asian country also sees “a lot of benefit” to deepening ties with Canada.