#India and #Canada likely to sign interim free trade deal this year
According to the officials, the interim negotiation with Canada is “progressing fast” and the two countries may sign a deal in the second half of this year.
India and Canada may sign an interim free trade deal by this year, the precursor to a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), officials said after commerce minister Piyush Goyal and his Canadian counterpart Mary Ng reviewed the progress of ongoing negotiations for a free trade agreement between the two countries a day before the CEOs roundtable, held in Toronto on Tuesday.