The Honourable Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade, met with Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry of India in New Delhi, India yesterday. The ministers have met more than a dozen times since May 2025.
The ministers met to advance negotiations toward a successful conclusion of the Canada-India comprehensive economic partnership agreement by end of this year. The sixth round of negotiations on the agreement is being hosted by India in New Delhi from November 11 to 20.
The ministers discussed building on the momentum of the recent Team Canada Trade Mission to India. Minister Sidhu thanked Minister Goyal for India's support and emphasized the importance of translating strong government-to-government engagement into concrete commercial outcomes, particularly in priority sectors, including aerospace and space, clean technology and energy transition, information and communication technology, life sciences and agri-food.
