OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's recent visit to India has helped pave the way for a complete reset of Canada-India relations, India's trade minister said Monday. The ties were strained under Carney's predecessor in the wake of the 2023 killing of a Sikh activist in Canada.
The remarks by India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, who is visiting Canada, came as he met with Canada's International Trade Minister and just before he met with Carney.
“We’re negotiating a free trade deal with India. This will be a game changer for Canadian workers and businesses — unlocking a massive new market,” Carney said in a social media post.
“We’re working fast — I met Minister @PiyushGoyal to review our progress so far and explore the opportunities ahead for both our countries in energy, agri-food, tech, and education.”
More than 100 senior business representatives from India's mining, energy, automotive and aerospace sectors accompanied Goyal, a team New Delhi says is its largest-ever business delegation to Canada.
“This is a partnership that is being reset very, very rapidly,” Goyal said Monday.
He said Carney’s visit in late February — the first visit by a Canadian prime minister in eight years — “completely changed the way Canada and India looked at each other.”
“It has set in motion the pathway to a complete overhaul of this relationship, setting new agendas, new goals,” he said.
Canada and India have been in trade talks since 2010. Talks were shut down by Ottawa in 2023 after Canadian authorities alleged that India was involved in the killing of Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar near Vancouver in June that year.
New Delhi vehemently denied the allegations and accused former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government of harboring Sikh extremists of the Khalistan movement. The movement, which aims to create an independent Sikh homeland, is banned in India.
Ahead of his meeting with Sidhu, Goyal said both countries are keen to reach a free trade agreement this year.
In India, Carney met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the two sides signed a series of agreements — including a deal worth 2.6 billion Canadian dollars ($1.9 billion) to supply about 22 million pounds (10 million kilograms) of uranium to India for nuclear energy generation.
A Canadian delegation was in New Delhi for trade talks earlier this month and another Indian delegation is planning to return to Canada to continue discussions later this year.
Goyal also said the two countries are working to triple their trade to $50 billion USD by 2030.
In Ottawa, Goyal met with Carney and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand. He is also to meet with CEOs of leading companies, startups and pension funds.
Vina Nadjibulla, vice president of research and strategy at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, said both countries are looking to diversify their relationships and reduce their dependence on the United States, increasingly seen as unreliable by some partners.
India recently signed trade deals with the European Union, the United Kingdom and New Zealand.
“India is now pivoting to Europe as well as to other Western economies like Australia and Canada to be able to meet its needs for capital, technology and innovation,” said Nadjibulla.
India's Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal makes remarks with Canada's Minister of International Trade Maninder Sidhu, not shown, before a bilateral meeting in Ottawa, on Monday, May 25, 2026. (Justin Tang /The Canadian Press via AP)
NEW YORK (AP) — Nolan McLean is struggling for the first time since making his major league debut for the New York Mets last August.
He's pitched poorly in consecutive starts, with his ERA ballooning from 2.92 to 4.40 after he allowed a career-worst seven runs in a career-low 3 1/3 innings during a 7-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Monday. New York lost its fourth straight game and outfielder Tyrone Taylor became the latest player to get hurt.
“I could sit here and say, well, we’re worried," Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. “We’re not putting ourselves in a good position, obviously. I’ve been saying it: `It’s not early anymore.’”
New York has scored four runs and struck out 41 times during its latest skid, dropping to 22-32 at the one-third mark — one shy of its season low of 11 games under .500 at 10-21. A big league-best 45-24 at the start of play on June 13 last year, the Mets are 60-87 since.
McLean is 1-4 in his last nine starts.
“Just haven’t been pitching my best and I've got to be better,” he said.
A 24-year-old right-hander, McLean went 5-1 with a 2.06 ERA in eight starts for the Mets last year and earned a rotation spot for the U.S. in this year's World Baseball Classic.
After allowing career worsts of nine runs and six earned runs in a 9-6 loss at Washington last week, he struck out the side in the first inning against the Reds only to lose his command in the second.
He hit Sal Stewart with a pitch, loaded the bases with a single and a walk, got Spencer Steer to ground into an RBI forceout, then threw a run-scoring wild pitch.
JJ Bleday homered in the third and Tyler Stephenson hit a two-run drive in the fourth following Steer's two-run single.
McLean thought he exerted too much energy between starts.
“I’m a guy, I try to get after it. And for me, I like to touch the mound,” McLean said. “I think I was a little bit too much intent (on) touching the mound this past week and it translated a little bit into some fatigue.”
Batters are hitting .166 against McLean with the bases empty but .296 with runners on.
“We’re going to have to go back and look at film and whether it’s mechanics from the stretch, from the windup," Mendoza said. “Whatever the case, we've got to dive deep here because obviously something’s off, for sure.”
McLean threw just 47 of 78 pitches for strikes, including eight of 23 on sweepers.
“He’s having a hard time landing the secondary pitches for strikes. There’s a ton of movement, especially side to side,” Mendoza said. “He’s getting into bad counts.”
Mets star Juan Soto missed his second consecutive game because he was sick and had a fever.
Taylor left with right hip pain after grounding out in the sixth inning.
“He's going to get an MRI tomorrow," Mendoza said. “It’s probably going to be an IL.”
New York's batting order already was without shortstop Francisco Lindor (strained left calf), catcher Francisco Alvarez (surgery to repair a torn right meniscus in his right knee), designated hitter/first baseman Jorge Polanco (bruised right wrist) and outfielder Luis Robert Jr. (lumbar spine disk herniation).
“Things are going to change soon. We haven’t had the chance to see what David Stearns put together this year," Lindor said, referring to the Mets' president of baseball operations. "I think it’s been very few games that all of us are healthy at the same time. It’s unfortunate, but this is the journey that we’re in."
Sidelined since April 22, Lindor has started running and hitting indoors and will soon start fielding grounders.
“Continue to get stronger and stronger. The difference has been time,” he said.
Jared Young, who last played April 12 because of a torn left meniscus, could be activated Tuesday. He has hit .227 with one RBI over 22 at-bats in six minor league games since May 15.
Left-hander A.J. Minter, returning from surgery on May 12 last year to repair his left lat muscle, was to go through a throwing progression Monday and could be activated Tuesday or Wednesday. The 32-year-old reliever has a 1.59 ERA in 12 minor league outings since April 7, striking out seven and walking one in 11 1/3 innings.
“Every time you miss that much time, mentally, it’s a grind,” Mendoza said. “He's a big part of our bullpen.”
Polanco, who last played April 14, was to work out Monday in Port St. Lucie, Florida, and could start a minor league injury rehabilitation assignment this week.
Alvarez, hurt on May 12, could be back sooner than the original six-to-eight-week projection.
“He’s already hitting. He’s already doing catching,” Mendoza said.
Right-hander Kodai Senga, who last pitched for the Mets on April 22 because of lumbar spine inflammation, was to throw a bullpen Monday and will make a second minor league rehab start Thursday. He allowed two runs, four hits and one walk with two strikeouts over 3 1/3 innings for Class A St. Lucie on Friday, throwing 37 of 64 pitches for strikes.
New York also is missing right-hander Clay Holmes, out until late in the season because of a broken right leg.
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New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza returns to the dugout after a pitching change during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Monday, May 25, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
New York Mets pitcher Nolan McLean, right, walks off the mound after being pulled during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Monday, May 25, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
New York Mets' Nick Morabito looks on after striking out during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Monday, May 25, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
New York Mets pitcher Nolan McLean throws during the second inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Monday, May 25, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
New York Mets' Brett Baty tosses his bat after striking out during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Monday, May 25, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
New York Mets' Juan Soto sits in the dugout during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
New York Mets' Juan Soto runs on a ground out during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
