Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visits India to restore relations and diversify away from US
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is making his first trip to India this week in his latest effort to diversify trade away from the United States and restore relations with the world’s fourth largest economy
TORONTO -- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is making his first trip to India this week in his latest effort to diversify trade away from the United States and restore relations with the world’s fourth-largest economy.
Carney was set to arrive in Mumbai on Friday after his plane left Ottawa on Thursday. He will also visit Australia and Japan next week.
U.S. President Donald Trump has been seen in Canada as a threat to the country's economy and sovereignty, especially with his claims that Canada should be “the 51st state."
“Donald Trump’s rhetoric and policies are clearly pushing Canada to diversify its economic and trade relations, not only with other non-US Western countries but also countries like China and India,” said Daniel Béland, a political science professor at McGill University in Montreal.
India and Canada agreed to restore diplomatic services last year after Ottawa accused New Delhi in 2023 of alleged involvement in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader, which turned into a row that placed major strains on the relations between the two countries.
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