Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and his Canadian counterpart Maninder Sidhu on Wednesday held discussions on the contours, objectives and modalities for launching negotiations on a proposed free trade agreement.

The two sides have recently agreed to resume negotiations for the pact, officially known as Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), with an aim to increase the two-way trade to $50 billion by 2030. "Held a productive discussion with Minister Sidhu to advance the trade and commercial engagement with Canada. We undertook initial scoping and broad discussions on the overall approach, contours, macro objectives and modalities as part of preparations for the launch of CEPA negotiations," Goyal has said in a social media post.

He also agreed to lead a high-leve

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