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India-Canada Prime Minister to Resume Trade Discussions

India-Canada Prime Minister to Resume Trade Discussions

The Prime Minister of Canada and India met on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, and agreed to resume free trade discussions on Sunday. This brief meeting marks the latest sign of warming relations between the two countries.    Prime Minister Modi and his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney decided to “begin…

Canada’s CT Approves $14.8 Bn Rogers-Shaw Merger

Canada’s CT Approves $14.8 Bn Rogers-Shaw Merger

The Competition Tribunal of Canada announced the merger of two telecom companies, Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communication Inc., for $14.77 billion (C$20 billion)* on Thursday, which would create the country’s second-largest telecom provider after Bell.  This deal was blocked by Canada’s Antitrust Bureau on the basis that it would lessen competition in a country…