Summary
Both countries want to finish the deal before the year ends.
They already trade about thirty billion dollars worth of goods each year.
The goal is to more than double that amount by 2030.
Key Points
6 points1
Fifth round of talks starts on October 5.
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Goal: complete the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement this year.
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Current trade is about thirty billion dollars.
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Target trade is over seventy billion dollars by 2030.
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India’s main exports: medicines, metal products, seafood, clothing, electronic goods, chemicals.
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Canada’s main exports: beans, pearls, semi‑precious stones, coal, fertilizers, paper, oil.
New Words to Learn
5 wordsComprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
a big plan that tells two countries how to buy and sell things to each other
exports
things a country sells to other countries
imports
things a country buys from other countries
fertilizers
materials that help plants grow
semi‑precious stones
pretty stones that are not as rare as diamonds
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