Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada and India aim to wrap up trade negotiations by the G20 summit in mid-December, ahead of a planned visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Carney says the talks are making “good progress,” and he and Modi have committed to try to conclude the negotiations by the G20.
Carney also links the effort to broader trade and strategic goals. He says Canada intends to increase its non-U.S. trade over the next decade and has placed India within that wider push as Canada seeks to reduce its dependence on the United States amid deteriorating U.S.–Canada relations under President Donald Trump. Other reporting adds that Modi’s visit is expected to occur around the same period, though an exact date has not been finalized.
