Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will be on a three-day visit to Canada with a delegation of Indian business leaders from tomorrow.The Commerce Ministry informed that Mr Goyal will have bilateral engagements in Ottawa and Toronto to advance trade, investment, and India-Canada Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations, CEPA, which will be the central focus of the visit.The Terms of Reference were signed during Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to India in March this year. The first round of negotiations was conducted virtually in March and the second round concluded on 8th May.During this visit, a further round of negotiations will be conducted in Ottawa. Both sides are working towards an early conclusion of a balanced and mutually beneficial CEPA by end of this year, with a shared ambition to expand bilateral trade to 70 billion Canadian dollars by 2030.
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