Nov 13, 2026 2:40 PM - Connect Newsroom - Ramandeep Kaur

Canada’s Minister of International Trade, Maninder Singh Sidhu, met with India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, in New Delhi on Thursday to advance efforts to finalize a Canada-India free trade agreement by the end of this year.
The sixth round of negotiations for the proposed agreement is currently underway in New Delhi, with officials from both countries scheduled to hold discussions until November 20.
Since May 2025, Minister Sidhu and Piyush Goyal have held more than a dozen meetings. The latest push in trade negotiations comes ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s expected visit to Canada in December.
According to Sidhu, his meeting with Goyal focused on expanding cooperation in key sectors, including aerospace and space, clean technology, energy transition, agri-food and technology.


