Humorous spin to trade potential

International politicians visiting India tend to use sweeping phrases such as “massive potential” and “shared interest” while describing their nations’ relationship with this country. Canadian International Trade Minister 

François-Philippe Champagne, who was recently in India, gave a comic spin to his description. Noting that the value of his country’s trade with neighbour United States stood at more than 2 billion Canadian dollars every  day, he said India compared poorly, with its trade at about 8 billion Canadian dollars annually. The second figure, he chuckled, would be America’s trade over the weekend and until lunch next Tuesday.