Carney hails progress in India ties to offset dependence on US trade

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has underscored the "progress" his government has made with India as part of its strategy to reduce the country's dependence on trade with the neighbouring United States.

- Anirudh Bhattacharyya letters@hindustantimes.​com

Speaking to reporters on Saturday in Gyeongju, South Korea, Carney said the traction that plan is assuming was, among other things, exemplified by the "progress which we have been making with India". He said he did not meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation or APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, which the latter did not attend. However, he pointed out that minister of foreign affairs Anita Anand and others in his cabin