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On Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canadian security agencies have obtained credible evidence linking the Indian government to the unsolved murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian citizen and notable advocate for Sikh separatism. 

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obtain
얻다, 입수하다
sikh separatism
시크교 분리주의

Nijjar was shot by two masked assailants outside a Sikh temple in British Columbia earlier this year in an attack that Canada alleges has since been connected to “agents of India.”

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assailant
공격을 가한 사람, 폭행범

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The Indian foreign ministry decried the allegations as “absurd” and, in the aftermath of the announcement, exchanged tit-for-tat expulsions of senior diplomats from Ottawa and New Delhi.

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allegation
혐의, 주장
absurd
터무니없는
aftermath
여파
tit-for-tat
치고 받기, 맞대응
expulsion
추방, 방출

The dispute has shined a sudden spotlight on the Canada-India relationship, which, prior to the Nijjar incident, had been trending in a positive direction. Geopolitical developments, economic ties, and demographic trends over the past ten years had set the stage for closer cooperation between the two former British colonies.

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dispute
분쟁, 논란

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India’s prominence in Canada’s 2022 Indo-Pacific Strategy and high-level negotiations between the two states for an early progress trade agreement (EPTA) gave supporters of the relationship plenty of reasons to be optimistic.

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prominence
중요성, 명성

Now, the allegations that the Indian government orchestrated the assassination of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil have cast a cloud of doubt over the path ahead for the bilateral relationship.

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orchestrate
은밀히 조직하다
assassination
암살
bilateral
쌍방의, 쌍무적인

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Trade will likely be the first major casualty of the fallout, with negotiations for the EPTA being put on hold. Both countries declared that they would pause trade talks with each other earlier this month and Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng has indefinitely postponed a trade mission to New Delhi that had been planned for October.

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fallout
좋지 못한 결과
put on hold
~을 보류, 연기하다

The negotiations were a notable part of Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, which listed the EPTA as a critical step towards a larger comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) that would bolster trade ties between the two countries.

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notable
주목할 만한, 눈에 띄는
bolster
북돋우다, 강화하다

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The stalled trade talks have put a $17 billion bilateral trade relationship under strain. Canadian merchandise trade with India grew from approximately $3.87 billion in 2012 to $10.18 billion in 2022, with major increases in the export of Canadian energy products and import of Indian consumer goods. In that same year, services trade between the two countries measured $6.96 billion. 

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stalled
오도가도 못하는, 정지된
strain
압력, 압박

The allegations can damage India’s public image as a democratic nation committed to a rules-based order or, more critically, its perception as a trustworthy ally in the competition against China. Canada’s Five Eyes partners could reevaluate intelligence sharing and law enforcement cooperation with India if Canadian officials uncover definitive proof of India’s involvement in Nijjar’s murder. 

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perception
지각, 통찰력, 인식
ally
동맹국, 협력자
revaluate
재평가하다
involvement
관련, 관여, 연루