Canada’s Minister of International Trade, Maninder Sidhu, met India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, in New Delhi on Nov. 11 to advance negotiations on a trade agreement between the two countries. Global Affairs Canada published a readout, or summary, of the meeting on Nov. 12.
According to the readout, the ministers met to advance talks toward concluding a Canada-India comprehensive economic partnership agreement by the end of this year. India is hosting the sixth round of negotiations on the agreement in New Delhi from Nov. 11 to 20. Global Affairs Canada said Sidhu and Goyal have met more than a dozen times since May 2025.
The ministers also discussed building on the momentum of the recent Team Canada Trade Mission to India, the readout says. Sidhu thanked Goyal for India’s support. He also stressed the importance of turning strong engagement between the two governments into concrete commercial outcomes.
The readout says Sidhu pointed in particular to priority sectors, including agri-food, life sciences, aerospace and space, information and communication technology, and clean technology and the energy transition.
The readout did not say what progress was made on the agreement during the meeting. It did not describe any specific terms under negotiation.
The meeting follows other recent contact between the two governments. As reported Oct. 31, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand met Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Atlanta. Anand welcomed progress toward concluding the agreement by the end of the year. The ministers also agreed that a December visit to Canada by Indian Prime Minister Modi would be another building block in the relationship.
The negotiating round in New Delhi runs through Nov. 20.