New Delhi, May 2 (KNN) Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal will visit Canada from May 8-10 to hold trade talks with Canadian counterparts.

This will be a push to the ongoing negotiations for an Early Progress Trade Agreement (EPTA).

He is scheduled to be in the Canadian capital Ottawa on May 8, for a bilateral Ministerial Dialogue on Trade and Investment with Canadian Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development Mary Ng.

For the rest of his trip he is scheduled to visit Toronto on May 9 and 10 for meetings with trade and industry representatives and chambers of commerce.

The trade dialogue between the two countries started in March last year when Ng visited New Delhi and met the Union Minister.

They also launched the EPTA process. The EPTA, if concluded, will be a transitional step towards the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).

Indian and Canadian negotiators concluded their seventh round of discussions towards securing the EPTA in April.

India and Canadian officials said there was “some progress” during the four-day discussions in Ottawa, as the two teams lead by their chief negotiators met in the Canadian capital. Some differences persist, officials said, but were not considered insurmountable. (KNN Bureau)