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India Seeks Peru Copper Deal, Advances Canada CEPA Talks

5/11/2026

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India is pursuing a copper supply partnership with Peru, which produced 2.7 million tons of copper in 2024 and drew $4.96 billion in investment, under free-trade talks slated to finish by end-2026.
India and Canada completed a second round of Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement talks in New Delhi and will hold next round in July in Ottawa.
India-Canada bilateral trade was $8.66 billion in FY25, with $4.22 billion exported and $4.44 billion imported by India.

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India is pursuing a copper supply partnership with Peru, which produced 2.7 million tons of copper in 2024 and drew $4.96 billion in investment, under free-trade talks slated to finish by end-2026.
India and Canada completed a second round of Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement talks in New Delhi and will hold next round in July in Ottawa.
India-Canada bilateral trade was $8.66 billion in FY25, with $4.22 billion exported and $4.44 billion imported by India.