{"id":18897,"date":"2012-08-04T04:21:08","date_gmt":"2012-08-04T04:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelinkpaper.ca\/?p=18897"},"modified":"2012-08-04T04:21:08","modified_gmt":"2012-08-04T04:21:08","slug":"canada-india-moving-slowly-toward-trade-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelinkpaper.ca\/canada-india-moving-slowly-toward-trade-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada-India Moving Slowly Toward Trade Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/thelinkpaper.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ed-Fast-Minister-of-International-Trade-and-Minister.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18898\" title=\"Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister\" src=\"https:\/\/thelinkpaper.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ed-Fast-Minister-of-International-Trade-and-Minister-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>OTTAWA &#8211; Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, met last week with representatives of the Canada-India Business Council in Montr\u00e9al, where he highlighted the launch of a fifth round of negotiations toward a Canada-India trade agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur government remains firmly focused on what matters to Canadians: jobs, growth and long-term prosperity. Deepening Canada\u2019s trading relationships with high-growth markets like India is key to these efforts,\u201d said Minister Fast. \u201cI am pleased to say that the Canada-India trade talks are progressing well, and both sides are committed to concluding an ambitious agreement which will unlock the full potential of Canada-India trade, and benefit workers and businesses in both countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Canada-India joint study concluded that a trade agreement between the two countries could boost Canada\u2019s economy by at least $6 billion. That translates to almost 40,000 new jobs across the country or a $500 boost to the average Canadian family\u2019s annual income. A trade agreement with India would eliminate or reduce tariffs on Canadian goods, liberalize trade in services, and directly benefit Canadian workers and businesses in all regions of Canada in sectors such as primary agriculture, resource-related and chemical products, transport equipment, machinery and equipment, and services.<\/p>\n<p>Four rounds of negotiations have been held to date, with a fifth scheduled to begin tomorrow in New Delhi. Trade between Canada and India reached almost $5.2 billion in 2011, an increase of more than 23 percent from 2010.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCanada\u2019s growing trade with India is fuelled by our strong business-to-business and people-to-people ties,\u201d said Minister Fast. \u201cThe Harper government is committed to building on these strong ties to create a partnership that will lead to new opportunities and stronger economies in both countries.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA &#8211; Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, met last week with representatives of the Canada-India Business Council in Montr\u00e9al, where he highlighted the launch of a fifth round of negotiations toward a Canada-India trade agreement. \u201cOur government remains firmly focused on what matters to Canadians: jobs, growth and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Canada-India Moving Slowly Toward Trade Agreement - Link Newspaper<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thelinkpaper.ca\/canada-india-moving-slowly-toward-trade-agreement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Canada-India Moving Slowly Toward Trade Agreement - Link Newspaper\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"OTTAWA &#8211; 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