The trade ministers of Canada and India met on the margins of the WTO ministerial on Friday and reviewed progress towards negotiations for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement or CEPA between the two countries.
Canada's Minister of International Trade, Maninder Sidhu, met India's Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on the margins of the 14th WTO Trade Ministers' meet currently in progress in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon.
As reported earlier, negotiations towards CEPA began almost as soon as Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney concluded his first bilateral visit to India on March 2, when he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
Both countries have appointed lead negotiators for the verticals under discussion for the pact. The PMs have set a target to complete negotiations by the end of this year to clinch the pact as early as possible.
India is one of the fastest-growing major economies in the world.
