India, Canada may explore possibility of inking mini trade deal this month
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File photo of the 4th India-Canada ministerial dialogue on trade and investment in November 2017. Both sides have held 10 such meetings since August 2017.
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India and Canada may come back to the negotiating table later this month after a gap of almost four years to explore the possibility of signing a mini trade deal. The two sides have been negotiating a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) since 2010 with the latest round of negotiations held in August 2017.
“We have held several rounds of virtual discussions with the Canadian side since June last year. In October, a bilateral meeting was held to explore the option of an early harvest or interim agreement. In this regard, a scoping paper has been shared with Canadian side. A formal round of negotiations is likely to happen sometime in late April, a commerce ministry official said under condi