Piyush Goyal Wraps up Canada Visit Focusing on India-Canada CEPA Talks, $50 Bn Trade Goal

India, Canada to keep sensitive sectors out of CEPA talks: Goyal

New Delhi: India and Canada have adopted a pragmatic approach to their ongoing free trade negotiations, with both sides agreeing to target areas of easy agreement and steer clear of politically sensitive sectors, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said during his three-day visit to Canada. India and Canada are currently engaged in ongoing CEPA negotiations in Ottawa, with both countries aiming to conclude talks by the end of the year an…

Following India’s Piyush Goyal’s Canada Visit, India, Canada Will Benefit From An Early-harvest Trade Pact - South Asian Daily

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal’s visit to Canada, which concluded on Thursday, marks the first real commercial test of the India-Canada reset that began during Prime Minister Mark Carney’s March 2026 visit to India, with the two countries trying to move the relationship back toward a more structured economic footing, according to an article in India Narrative. Goyal met Prime Minister Carney, International Trade Minister Maninder Si…

India, Canada to avoid sensitive sectors in trade pact talks: Piyush Goyal

New Delhi, May 28 (PTI) India and Canada have decided to focus on low-hanging fruit, work on areas of convergence and avoid seeking concessions in sensitive sectors in the negotiations for the proposed free trade agreement, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said.The two countries are negotiating a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). The third round of negotiations is underway in Ottawa. The minister was in Canada f…

Piyush Goyal wraps up Canada visit focusing on India-Canada CEPA talks, $50 bn trade goal

New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal highlighted the role of the Indo-Canadian community in strengthening bilateral economic relations and deepening people-to-people ties during his three-day visit to Canada, which concluded on May 28 and focused on trade, investment and ongoing negotiations for the India-Canada Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).