The recent US$40 billion bid for Canada's largest potash company by Australian miner BHP Billiton, while unsuccessful, helped focus the spotlight on Canada as one of the world's greatest providers of natural resources. India's appetite for resources of every kind is undeniable and, while it already looks to Canada for some of its resource needs (Canada is one of its largest suppliers of lentils and other pulses), there is potential for greater trade between the two countries, particularly in natural resources and agriculture. Originally published in the February 2011 edition of
India Business Law Journal.
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