‘Progress’ trumpeted in Canada-India trade talks but hopes for quick pact unmet

Both Canada and India theorized that a first stage trade pact could be concluded in 'a matter of months,' but negotiations continue more than a year later.
Indian Industry and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, left, is greeted by International Trade Minister Mary Ng as he arrives at the Pearson Building in Ottawa on May 8.

A welcoming hug and bullish accounts of the state of the Canada-India relationship greeted India’s top trade official as he visited Ottawa this week, but past public pronouncements that an Early Progress Trade Agreement (EPTA) was in reach have not panned out.

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