- Negotiations
The governments of Canada and India are negotiating a ‘Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement’ which they seek to conclude in 2013. By May 2012, five rounds of negotiations had taken place. This agreement is wideranging and negotiations have included rules of origin, trade facilitation, technical barriers to trade, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, and trade in services, including temporary entry for business persons, telecommunications, and financial services. According to unnamed official sources, India is likely to exclude an investor-state dispute clause in its FTAs.
last update: May 2012
17-Nov-2009
Canada and India signed two trade agreements Tuesday that Prime Minister Stephen Harper said will bring the two countries closer together.
17-Nov-2009
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s current visit to India will be applauded by the Indian diaspora and recognizes both India’s economic rise and its ability to weather the global financial crisis. The visit has replaced mutual indifference with mutual interest.
11-Dec-2008
NewsX
Business and government leaders from Canada and India on Wednesday stressed the need for a free trade agreement between the two countries.
9-Sep-2008
Business Today
Calling his country’s backing for India in getting the waiver from the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group (NSG) last week a "turning point" in bilateral ties, Canadian foreign affairs parliamentary secretary Deepak Obhrai has said his country will now focus on a free trade agreement with New Delhi.
11-Jul-2007
On the heels of an investment agreement between the two countries, Indian and Canadian business leaders are studying the feasibility of a free trade agreement, with the results expected by the end of the year, India’s high commissioner said.
21-Jun-2007
Financial Express
The Confederation of Indian Industry and Canadian Council of Chief Executives have agreed to set up a task force to study the feasibility of India-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
18-Jun-2007
Canada has reached a trade agreement with India, one of the world’s fastest growing economies, which will guarantee fair legal treatment for each other’s investors.
27-Apr-2007
India has sought Canada’s help in early conclusion of a Free Trade Agreement with it and said the pact would bring a new era of economic relations between the two countries.
20-Apr-2007
A free trade agreement between Canada and India would be a major boost to the Port of Halifax’s strategy to become a cargo gateway to North American markets, says the chairman of the Canadian Retail Shippers Association.
5-Apr-2007
APF Canada
Canada has taken a new initiative with the recent proposal for an Indo-Canadian Free Trade Agreement.
