Toronto, Oct. 3 -- Canada's minister of international trade Maninder Sidhu has underscored his country's "role as a trusted and reliable long-term economic partner for India."

Sidhu's remarks came in a statement issued on Friday by Global Affairs Canada, the country's foreign ministry, after he met with commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on the margins of the G20 Trade Ministers' gathering in Milwaukee on Thursday.

Sidhu also noted he will lead a Team Canada Trade Mission to India later this month "bringing close to 300 Canadian delegates from businesses across key sectors to make connections, find new customers and pursue opportunities in one of the world's fastest-growing markets." That will make the mission Canada's largest-...