MUMBAI, Sept 19 (Reuters Breakingviews) - India may pay a price from getting caught in the eye of a geopolitical storm, but it may be a small one.
New Delhi has dismissed as “absurd” Canada’s allegation of its involvement in the June murder in British Columbia of a Sikh separatist leader that India had branded a “terrorist”.
A trade deal with India, now stalled, may have helped Ottawa pivot away from the People’s Republic a little bit faster.
But India accounted for barely $6.5 billion, or less than 1% of Canada’s trade with the world in 2020.
Canada also expelled India's top intelligence agent following the row, while India expelled a senior Canadian diplomat.
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