Bigger India
India is a prize worth winning if Trudeau is serious about building trade relations
India could be integral, as part of a broader post-NAFTA risk mitigation strategy. But the PM should be careful to avoid presenting it as the Next Big Thing
Justin Trudeau will head to India next month, thus affirming the old proverb that if you cannot have a bird of paradise, you better take a wet hen.
That’s not a shot at India. There are many good reasons for the prime minister to visit the sub-continent, not least the chance to ingratiate himself with 1.6 million Indo-Canadians 18 months before a general election.
But Canada’s volume of trade with India is not large enough to offer much relief should President Donald Trump follow through on his threat to undo the North American Free Trade Agreement.