Trade minister Mary Ng to visit India, signaling shift in relations since Trudeau's ill-fated 2018 trip — via financialpost Canada India Trudeau
the visit in a press release on March 7. The statement excludes dates, but a spokesperson said Ng was planning to leave by mid-week. Her program in India was set to include a meeting with Piyush Goyal, minister of commerce and industry, and a ministerial conference to discuss trade and investment.
India was an early focus of Trudeau’s trade policy after he was elected in 2015, as he looked for ways to lessen Canada’s dependence on the United States. That push was derailed by the 2018 trip, which generated so many negative headlines that it became a political issue back home.
Canada’s trade department has held several “stocktaking meetings” since 2018, as officials continued to probe for ways to complete a trade agreement between the two countries. In his most recent mandate letter to Ng, Trudeau said he wants the minister to continue negotiating bilateral and regional trade agreements in Asia, home to a disproportionate number of the world’s fastest growing economies.