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Trade deal stymied by political tensions could be reached quickly once talks resume

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Published Nov 13, 2023 • 3 minute read

The High Commission of India in Ottawa. Trade deal talks halted in September after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada would pursue allegations of a potential link between India’s government and the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian citizen who headed the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, B.C. Photo by DAVE CHAN/AFP via Getty Images

A potential trade deal between Canada and India will “take only a couple of months” to conclude once the two nations resume discussions after political tensions stalled matters in recent months, says India’s High Commissioner to Canada.

But Sanjay Kumar Verma couldn’t say when those talks would resume.

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“Whenever there is a decision to un-pause — I cannot predict — by the Canadian side, it will take only a couple of months to reach the conclusion,” he said at a press conference on Nov. 10. “Difficult to give a timeline, because in international politics, there are so many incidents happening all the time, but certainly a willingness is there to resolve the issue.”

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