Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Canada in December to sign a completed trade deal between the two countries, New Delhi’s envoy says.

Dinesh Patnaik, India’s High Commissioner to Canada, said in an interview on Tuesday he expects a free-trade agreement under negotiation will be completed by November and that his country’s leader will arrive in Canada the following month to ink the deal.

Mr. Patnaik said he expects Mr. Modi and Prime Minister Mark Carney will end up signing other agreements on defence and aerospace during this visit. As well, he said he expects more to be agreed to as part of the “Talent and Innovation Strategy” unveiled in February to deepen educational links between Canada and the subcontinent.

The envoy said details of the visit are still being confirmed.

Canada launched talks on a deal to lower trade barriers with India in November, 2025, as part of Mr. Carney’s push to reduce economic dependence on the increasingly unpredictable and protectionist U.S. government under President Donald Trump.