Summary
They want to finish a big agreement by the end of the year.
Today they trade about thirty billion dollars worth of goods.
They hope to trade more than seventy billion dollars by 2030.
Key Points
6 points1
Next round of talks begins on October 5.
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Goal: finish the trade agreement before the year ends.
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Current trade value is about thirty billion dollars.
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Target trade value is over seventy billion dollars by 2030.
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India sells medicines, metal, seafood, clothes, electronics, chemicals.
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Canada sells beans, pearls, stones, coal, fertilizers, paper, oil.
New Words to Learn
13 wordsagreement
a promise that two sides make to each other
pharmaceuticals
medicine that doctors give to help people feel better
iron
a strong metal used to make things like tools
steel
a very strong metal made from iron
seafood
food that comes from the sea, like fish or shrimp
cotton garments
clothes made from soft cotton fabric
electronics
devices that use electricity, like phones or computers
chemicals
substances used to make other things, like cleaning products
pulses
seeds like beans or lentils that people eat
pearls
shiny round things that grow inside some shells
semi‑precious stones
pretty stones that are not as rare as diamonds
fertilizers
stuff that helps plants grow bigger and healthier
crude petroleum
oil taken from the ground before it is turned into fuel
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