India, Dec. 4 -- India and Canada's trade ministers held a virtual meeting on Wednesday to discuss the contours of forthcoming negotiations towards a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA).

The meeting was held between India's Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Canada's Minister of International Trade Maninder Sidhu. Goyal also agreed to lead a high-level trade and investment delegation to Canada in the new year.

In a post on X following the meeting, Goyal said, "We undertook initial scoping and broad discussions on the overall approach, contours, macro objectives and modalities as part of preparations for the launch of CEPA negotiations." He described the discussion as "productive".

In a post, Sidhu said he m...