India rushes to break impasse on Canada

Indian and Canadian negotiators are rushing to iron out differences in a long-stalled foreign investment protection pact in time for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the north American nation next week, an Indian government source said.Modi arrives in Canada on April 14 for a two-day visit, the first bilateral visit by an Indian prime minister in 42 years.    

Negotiations for the agreement, which seeks to protect legal rights of Canadian and Indian investors doing business in the two countries, were concluded in June 2007, but it has yet to be ratified.