India, Canada to finalise free trade agreement by year-end

Canada’s Department of Finance, in a news release on 27 February 2026, announced that it launched consultations on potential ways to strengthen Canada’s automotive remission framework by further incentivising companies to produce and invest in

On 27 January 2026 an IMF Country Focus looked at opportunities for Canada to increase growth by removing internal barriers to trade. The Country Focus with the title Canada Can Grow Faster by Unlocking Its Own Market, written by F Diez and Y. Yang,

On 21 January 2026 the IMF issued a report following consultations with Canada under Article IV of the IMF’s articles of agreement. The report notes that Canada is adjusting the significant trade shock caused by US tariff increases and the limited

The US Department of Commerce is expected to announce a preliminary ruling on 23 February 2026 on whether it will impose anti-subsidy duties on solar cells and panels from India, Laos, and Indonesia. This follows after a coalition of US solar

France and India signed an amending protocol on 17 February 2026 to update the income and capital tax treaty. Earlier, Under the proposed amending protocol, the withholding tax on dividends paid to French investors holding at least 10% of an

The OECD has reported that Canada signed the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on the Exchange of GloBE Information (GIR MCAA) on 6 February 2025. The agreement is designed to enable the automatic exchange of GloBE Information Returns