Canadian PM Mark Carney has said his counterpart, Narendra Modi, could travel to Canada in Dec, while citing good progress in negotiations for a trade agreement.He said the two sides were hoping to wrap up trade talks by Dec and he was looking forward to hosting Modi.Modi is expected to club his Canada visit to sign the trade agreement with his trip to Florida for the G20 summit. Around the same time, he is also expected to travel to Brussels for the signing of the India-EU free trade agreement.“We are making good progress in our trade negotiations with India. It is an exceptionally important relationship on many, many levels – people-to-people levels, security levels, and also trade and economic,” Carney said Tuesday on the sidelines of the UNGA high-level session.
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He said Modi and he had committed at the G20 last year to “look to conclude negotiations by the G20 this year”.US President Donald Trump will host the G20 Summit from Dec 14-15 at Trump National Doral Miami resort in Doral, Florida.Carney said with the G20 Summit slated to be held in Dec, “I believe that India just confirmed that the PM will be visiting Canada around that time. The precise date isn’t out, but I very much look forward to hosting him”.Modi last visited Canada to attend the G7 Summit in June 2025 at Carney’s invitation.
