"When Mr. Trudeau became prime minister in 2017, he shifted gears from the Conservatives' playbook on trade that was pragmatic and commercially driven," said Mumbai-born Dehejia in an interview.

"Mr. Trudeau is more ideological and wants to push progressive issues on women, indigenous people, the environment and labor laws, which are legitimate but trade agreements are not the best way to push these issues. Mr. Trudeau's progressive trade agenda will not play well in India any more than it played in China."

The Canadian prime minister was criticized for promoting that agenda during a visit to China last December that many observers, including Trudeau's own government, hoped would advance trade talks between the two countries.

Annual two-way merchandise trade is worth about 6.4 billion U.S. dollars, representing less than one percent of both Canada's and India's total foreign trade and investment, said Dehejia, who believes the prime reason for Trudeau's trip will be for the benefit of the more than one million Canadians of Indian descent - and most particularly, the half-million Sikh Canadians - all of whom his Liberal Party has relied on in the past for support in general elections.

But Harry Sharma, who heads the Canada-India Centre for Excellence, also at Carleton University, expects the Canadian prime minister's visit to move forward negotiations on free trade and the Canada-India Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement, which he noted is close to being signed.

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