Chief trade negotiators representing India and Canada concluded a productive fifth round of virtual deliberations on Thursday, registering significant convergence on key chapters of the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. Both governments confirmed a mutual objective to resolve remaining tariff schedules and finalize the landmark bilateral trade pact before the end of the calendar year.
Discussions centered on expanding reciprocal market access across agricultural goods, specialty chemical products, precision automotive components, and digital professional services. Negotiators also addressed investor dispute settlement clauses, intellectual property protection protocols, and regulatory mutual recognition frameworks designed to streamline licensing procedures for commercial service providers.
Trade economists noted that successful conclusion of the bilateral treaty would provide institutional stability to multi-billion-dollar commerce between the two nations following periods of diplomatic friction. Industry bodies in Mumbai and Toronto welcomed the accelerated negotiating timetable, projecting that preferential trade access could boost annual merchandise exchanges by more than thirty percent over the next five years.
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