Prime Minister Carney says Canada views India as a reliable trading partner

24-Nov-2025

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As Canada and India look to reset relations, Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government does view India as a reliable trading partner.

Asked by CTV News if he considers the country Canada has had strained relations, as a reliable trading partner, the prime minister said: “Yes, we do.”

Carney went on to add that not dissimilar from other nations, issues can arise, but there are mechanisms and systems in place to adjudicate. “We can be both a reliable trading partner, and there will be some sources of friction. What I will say, with respect to India is that we don’t have a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with India, one of the world’s largest and fastest growing economies,” Carney said. 

“The ability to have more effective trade with them, to scale that trade with them, would be greatly helped by that.”