{"id":63582,"date":"2025-08-28T15:35:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T15:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/08\/28\/canada-india-boost-diplomatic-ties-as-both-face-steep-u-s-tariffs\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:35:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T15:35:26","slug":"canada-india-boost-diplomatic-ties-as-both-face-steep-u-s-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/08\/28\/canada-india-boost-diplomatic-ties-as-both-face-steep-u-s-tariffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada, India boost diplomatic ties as both face steep U.S. tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<br \/><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/videos\/zOYPNQ1X.mp4\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> Canada appointed a new ambassador to India, a major step in the easing of tensions that erupted after officials accused the Indian government of involvement in murders and extortions on Canadian soil. <\/p>\n<p> Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand<\/p>\n<p>                         announced that Christopher Cooter will become Canada\u2019s high commissioner in New Delhi, filling a position that had been vacant since last October, when each country kicked out each others\u2019 top envoys. <\/p>\n<p> India also named its new high commissioner to Canada. Dinesh Patnaik, currently ambassador to Spain, will take up the position in Canada shortly, the Indian external affairs ministry said in a news release. <\/p>\n<p> The announcement follows through on an agreement between <\/p>\n<p>                        Prime Minister Mark Carney<\/p>\n<p>                         and India\u2019s <\/p>\n<p>                        Narendra Modi<\/p>\n<p>                         at the Group of Seven Summit in June to appoint new top diplomats in their embassies. <\/p>\n<p> It\u2019s a move that comes at a moment of increasing strain between both countries and the U.S. United States <\/p>\n<p>                        President Donald Trump<\/p>\n<p>                         imposed a 50 per cent tariff on Indian goods this week to punish the country for buying Russian oil. Trump also increased the tariff rate on some Canadian shipments to 35 per cent on Aug. 1 as part of his campaign to curb trade flows. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe appointment of a new high commissioner reflects Canada\u2019s step-by-step approach to deepening diplomatic engagement and advancing bilateral cooperation with India,\u201d Anand said in the release. \u201cThis appointment is an important development toward restoring services for Canadians while strengthening the bilateral relationship to support <\/p>\n<p>                        Canada\u2019s economy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p> Cooter has 35 years of diplomatic experience, having served most recently as Canada\u2019s top envoy in Israel and South Africa. He also previously worked as a diplomat in New Delhi from 1998 to 2000, the Canadian government said. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"related_links\">\n<li>U.S. slaps India with 50% tariffs<\/li>\n<li>Trump hits India with additional 25% tariff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> India has denied the accusations of transnational violence that were made public by former <\/p>\n<p>                        Prime Minister Justin Trudeau<\/p>\n<p>                         in 2023, and instead argued Canada was harbouring dangerous extremists. Carney\u2019s approach highlights his focus on economic issues above all else as US tariffs push the northern country to diversify its trading partners. <\/p>\n<p> Bloomberg.com <\/p>\n\n<br \/>Canada, India boost diplomatic ties as both face steep U.S. tariffs<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2025-08-28 15:35:26<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada appointed a new ambassador to India, a major step in the easing of tensions that erupted after officials accused the Indian government of involvement in murders and extortions on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0829-bc-anita.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/63583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}