Canada and India are reopening trade talks after a two-year freeze, with both sides aiming for what Ottawa calls a “new process”, Canadian Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu said on Thursday in New Delhi.
Sidhu met Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal for what he described as a productive discussion on cooperation in critical minerals, clean energy, agriculture, aerospace and artificial intelligence.
He said the shift follows the arrival of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government and changing global dynamics. “It’s a new government, a new focus, a new mandate,” Sidhu said.
The minister said Canada welcomes Indian investment in its critical mineral and energy sectors, stressing that the country holds all the materials needed to build an electric battery.
Talks had been suspended in 2023 after relations soured over the killing of a Canadian Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, but both sides now appear ready to move forward.
Nijjar, 45, was shot dead in June 2023 by masked gunmen in a busy car park in a Vancouver suburb.
Then Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau alleged that the Indian government was involved in the plot, sparking a diplomatic row between the two countries.
Two-way trade reached about $31 billion in 2024, driven mainly by Canada’s $16 billion in services exports.
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More than 100 vehicles were involved in a massive pileup on Interstate 96 in western Michigan on Monday (19 January), forcing the highway to shut in both directions amid severe winter weather.
U.S. President Donald Trump has linked his push to take control of Greenland to his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize, as tensions with Europe escalate and the European Union considers retaliatory measures that could reignite a transatlantic trade war.
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has accepted an invitation from U.S. President Donald Trump to become a founding member of the U.S.-led Board of Peace, while France has declined to take part, citing concerns over the body’s mandate.
The death toll from a devastating fire at a shopping centre in Karachi has climbed to 26, with dozens of people still missing as rescue efforts continue, according to local media.
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