Prime Minister Mark Carney and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have agreed to launch negotiations toward a new trade deal called a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, according to a senior government official.

It’s the latest sign that diplomatic relations between Canada and India are thawing after a deep freeze over Canadian allegations that Indian agents were linked to an extrajudicial killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil in 2023.

The news comes shortly after Carney and Modi met at the G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. It’s the second time the two leaders have met face to face since Carney came into office — they last met at the G7 summit in Canada in June.

Dinesh Patnaik, India’s high commissioner to Canada, said in a Sunday morning int

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