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Canada to India: Tighten investment protection norms in new model treaty
24-Oct-2016 The Hindu
New Delhi examining whether dispute settlement mechanism can be tweaked
India trade talks heating up, but ex-envoy cautions: ‘we’ve been to the altar before’
12-Oct-2016 The Hill Times
The Liberals’ relative flexibility on investor-state dispute systems and the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, and an expected visit to India by the PM, may help to move talks along.
India to operationalize BIPA with Canada
28-Sep-2016 Live Mint
On Canada’s insistance, India is expected to sign a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with Canada based on an old text, not its new model BIT. The old text contains contentious provisions such as the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism.
Canada re-opens investment talks with India
17-Feb-2016 Embassy
Canada’s government has officially re-opened negotiations with India over a bilateral investment treaty the two sides nearly agreed upon almost a decade ago.
Canada-India free trade agreement talks delayed
14-Jan-2016 The Hindu
Canada asks officials to focus on TPP ratification instead; wants India to first ink bilateral investment pact.
Trudeau sets sights on free-trade deal with China
7-Jan-2016 The Globe and Mail
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau intends to play an activist role in promoting Canadian business and investment with a major trade mission to China and India and a keynote address to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.
India, Canada closely working to finalise CEPA
21-Oct-2015 The Economic Times
India and Canada are closely working to finalise the comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA)
’India-Canada FTA likely to be concluded by March 2016’
14-Jul-2015 PTI
The proposed free trade agreement between India and Canada, which aims to reduce or eliminate duties on a large number of products traded between the two nations, is likely to be concluded by March next year, a senior official told PTI.
Alternative summit offers ideas for trade agreements, G7, amid 40,000 protesters
5-Jun-2015 IP Watch
Just days before leaders of the Group of 7 (G7) industrialised countries gather in the well-guarded Bavarian Castle Elmau, a broad coalition of organisations invited free trade critics to an International Summit for Alternatives in Munich.
India-Canada treaty critics team up to fight
20-Apr-2015 The Tyee
As governments in Canada and India herald their progress on a free trade agreement, promising to have it worked out by September, opponents from both countries are preparing to unite in their efforts to stop the deal.
Harper and Modi announce a Canada-India ’free trade’ agreement by September
17-Apr-2015 rabble
Efforts are being stepped up to conclude a Canada-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) by September, it was announced during Narendra Modi’s visit to Ottawa this week.
Modi’s visit to Canada will boost trade deals: Diplomat
1-Apr-2015 Business Standard
Canada expects Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit in April to help accelerate finalization of trade and investment agreements between the two countries, a Canadian diplomat has said.
ComMin expedites work on FTA before Modi’s Canada visit
24-Feb-2015 Indian Express
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi likely to visit Canada in April this year, the commerce and industry ministry has expedited the work on firming up the framework for the proposed free trade agreement with the country.
2014: A year in review on climate and trade
22-Dec-2014 Huffington Post
Take a look at some of the major happenings on trade in 2014 and you’ll see, however, that trade rules and climate disruption are integrally linked.
India wary of issues on services in Canada pact
17-Sep-2014 LiveMint
Canada’s trade minister Ed Fast is scheduled to visit India next month to hold discussions with Nirmala Sitharaman to end the CEPA deadlock
‘India willing to go ahead with free trade pact with EU’
11-Sep-2014 Free Press Journal
India on Wednesday said it is willing to go in for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union but wants the 27-member bloc to address the issues flagged by New Delhi.
Canada wants quick decisions on CEPA, BITs
16-Jun-2014 Business Today
Canada hopes the Narendra Modi government will take decisions on two vital agreements the Manmohan Singh government could not. The first, a comprehensive economic partnership agreement, or CEPA and the second on Bilateral Investment treaties, or BITs.
Canada, India conclude latest EPA talks
28-Jun-2013 Tax News
Canada and India have concluded an eighth round of talks toward a comprehensive economic partnership agreement with the the Canadian Government saying that it has identified core economic opportunities in India in the energy, agriculture, infrastructure and education sectors.
Bilateral investment pacts can’t be subject to foreign jurisdictions: FM
18-Apr-2013 First Post
India’s Finance Minister P Chidambaram has made it clear that any bilateral investment protection agreement has to be subject to jurisdiction of domestic legal institutions and India will not allow it to be subjected to foreign courts or tribunals.
India, Canada FTA may face delay; likely to miss December deadline
7-Apr-2013
The proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and Canada is likely to be delayed and may miss the December 2013 deadline, a government official has said.