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Canada ministers visit India with 300 trade delegates
The Indian Express··6d ago
Canada will send Foreign Minister Anita Anand and Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu to India next week before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's December visit. From October 12 to 17 Sidhu will lead nearly 300 delegates on a trade mission to Mumbai and Bengaluru. Ottawa called it Canada's largest India trade delegation in over 30 years and pushed pact talks.
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What It Means For You
- Indian firms in aerospace, clean tech and agri-food may meet Canadian buyers during the mission.
- Exporters in Mumbai and Bengaluru can pitch partnerships during the October 12-17 visit.
- A signed pact could lower tariffs on goods traded between the two countries.
What's Happening
- Anita Anand and Maninder Sidhu will visit India next week ahead of Modi's December trip.
- Sidhu will lead nearly 300 delegates on Canada's largest recent trade mission to India.
- Officials said Anand may meet S Jaishankar and Sidhu may meet Piyush Goyal.
India Canada pact timeline
- Delhi is weighing Mark Carney as a possible Republic Day chief guest in 2027.
- Canada hosts the G20 summit on December 14-15 in Florida after Modi's planned Canada visit.
- Bilateral ties cooled before recent efforts to restart trade talks.
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