Erdoğan and Carney sign three deals, set free trade talks before year's end

President Erdoğan and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney signed defence, air transport and energy agreements in Ankara on Thursday, during the first visit to Türkiye by a sitting Canadian prime minister, and confirmed the free trade talks, expected in November, will formally begin before the year's end. The two leaders set a target of raising bilateral trade from roughly $3 billion to $10 billion, after years of strained ties over Canada's arms-export restrictions on Türkiye.

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