India, Canada to hold next round of talks from October 5 for proposed trade pact: Goyal

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Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal. File.
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The negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between India and Canada are progressing and the next round of talks will be held from October 5, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday (September 21, 2026).

“…the next 90 days should be a very defining period in the Canada-India relationship,” he told reporters in New Delhi.

The fourth round of negotiations concluded in New Delhi on September 18. The talks are moving at a faster pace as both the countries are targeting to conclude the negotiations by end of this year.

“Both sides have resolved to fast track negotiations, in view of which our team is now slated to go for the fifth round on October 5,” Mr. Goyal said.

Canada’s International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu was in Mumbai last week to hold talks with Mr. Goyal.

India’s major exports to Canada include pharmaceuticals, iron and steel, seafood, cotton garments, electronic goods and chemicals. Key imports from Canada include pulses, pearls and semi-precious stones, coal, fertilisers, paper and crude petroleum.

India’s services exports to Canada are led by telecommunications, computer and information services, and other business services.

Two-way trade reached $30.4 billion in 2025 and the target is double that to $70 billion by 2030.

On India, EU trade pact, Mr. Goyal said it is expected to come into force in the coming months.

Mr. Goyal said the pact is expected to be ratified by the EU parliament in the next three months or so and is likely to come in to effect within the next six-seven months.

On the India-Chile trade agreement, the minister said Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agarwal recently visited Chile to review the progress of talks.

“I believe in the coming few months, we will hear some good news.” he added.

Published – September 21, 2026 04:52 pm IST

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PM Trudeau ruined relations between India, Canada for votes: Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh

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Former Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh. File
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Former Punjab chief minister and senior BJP leader Amarinder Singh lashed out at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday (October 25, 2024) for “ruining” the India-Canada ties, saying he is only interested in getting Sikh votes in elections.

Mr. Singh’s remarks came amid frosty relations between India and Canada.

India has recalled its high commissioner and five other diplomats from Canada after they were named as “persons of interest” in a Canadian investigation into the 2023 killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Khalistani terrorist who was a Canadian citizen, in British Columbia.

“Trudeau has ruined the relationship [between India and Canada]. Trudeau is interested in only one thing and that is getting the Sikh votes for his own election,” Mr. Singh said while replying to a reporter’s question on the diplomatic row between India and Canada.

“He does not care what happens. He has done this earlier also. He is promoting Khalistanis. This is something that is not acceptable,” he said while talking to reporters in Khanna.

Recalling his tenure as the Punjab chief minister, Mr. Singh said he had refused to meet the then Canadian Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan during his visit to India and called him a “Khalistani sympathiser”.

“When I was in the government, the Canadian defence minister was on a visit to India. I had refused to meet him,” he said.

“Canada and India had very friendly relations. It is Trudeau who ruined it,” Mr. Singh added.

Recalling Trudeau’s visit to India in 2018, he said, “When Trudeau came here, he wanted to meet me. I said I do not want to meet him. He wanted to visit Punjab. Then the government of India took a stand and said if you do not go and meet the chief minister, you cannot go to Punjab. Then we had to meet.” During his trip to Punjab, Trudeau and his family had visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

The relations between the two countries have plunged to their lowest level over Canada’s tacit support to Khalistani extremists among the large Sikh-Canadian population of about eight lakh.

New Delhi accuses Ottawa of doing next to nothing to stop the activities of Khalistani supporters who seek to undermine the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India.

Published – October 25, 2024 09:10 pm IST

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