Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday (local time) said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Canada in December as the two countries look to lock in the trade deal by the end of this year.
Carney said the two countries are looking to reach a trade deal by the end of the year and described the relation with India as being ‘exceptionally important’.
“We’re making good progress in our trade negotiations with India. It is an exceptionally important relationship, on many, many levels. People-to-people levels, security levels and also trade and economic. He (PM Modi) will be visiting Canada around that time. I very much look forward to hosting him,” the Canadian PM said in a news briefing on the sidelines of the UNGA in New York.
Canada under PM Carney’s leadership reopened trade talks with India during the G20 summit in 2025 as both countries saw a thaw in diplomatic relations post the standoff with former Canadian PM Justin Trudeau who had blamed India for the killing of designated terrorist Hardeep Nijjar in Canada.
The Indian government late last year during the G20 summit as part of his overall plan to lessen economic reliance on the increasingly volatile U.S. administration.
The Canadian side has said a deal with India, one of the fastest growing economies in the world, could double Canada-India trade to $70 billion.
