US EditionCarney, Modi agree to launch negotiations on new Canada-India trade deal
Canada and India aim to double trade to US$50 billion by 2030 with a new pact including protections and dispute mechanisms, restarting talks after a pause in 2023.
- On Nov. 23, 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed at the G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, to launch negotiations toward a new Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.
- After paused talks in 2023, Ottawa sought a reset by suspending broad trade talks following RCMP allegations linking the Indian government to an assassination near Vancouver, while Carney says a security dialogue is required to rebuild trust.
- With $30.9 billion in two-way trade in 2024, India ranks as Canada’s seventh-largest trading partner, and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says both expect to double trade to US$50 billion by 2030.
- In October, diplomats began returning after Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand’s visit, a readout on boosting cooperation is expected after the leaders’ second one-on-one in the last six months, and a law-enforcement collaboration track continues.
- With talks first launched in 2010, leaders are reviving long-stalled negotiations as International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu says the government will `start afresh` after sectoral talks until fall 2023.
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Canada, India Revive Negotiations for Comprehensive Trade Deal, After 15-year Attempt
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are reviving attempts at a comprehensive trade deal, which both countries started negotiating in 2010. “The two leaders agreed to formally launch negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement,” Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand told The Canadian Press at the G20 summit in Johannesburg. She said the trade deal would include goods, services, investments, agricu…
Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi agreed to resume discussions on a comprehensive trade agreement, which the two countries had begun negotiating in 2010.
Carney views India as a reliable trading partner, launches talks towards new deal: Official
The prime ministers of Canada and India have agreed to launch negotiations towards a new Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), according to a senior government official.
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