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New Delhi has invited Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for early-2026 talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, signalling renewed momentum toward a potential comprehensive economic and free trade agreement between the two nations.

According to India’s new High Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Patnaik, both leaders are keen to rebuild diplomatic trust and deepen economic engagement, especially as they navigate global headwinds from the continuing tariff standoff with the United States.

In an interview to The Globe and Mail, Patnaik said: “We want an early visit of the prime minister to India. It is a relationship we do not want to go downhill."

Free-trade negotiations between India and Canada came to an abrupt halt in 2023 after then-prime minister Justin Trudeau all

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