Union Cabinet clears trade deal with Mauritius
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Agreement will cover 310 export items for India
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The bilateral trade between India and Mauritius has been dipped to $690 million in 2019-20 from $1.2 billion in 2018-19. Image used for representation purpose only.
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Agreement will cover 310 export items for India
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the signing of the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) with Mauritius. The decision is part of the preparatory work for External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s upcoming visit to Mauritius.
“It is a limited agreement which will cover trade in goods, rules of origin, trade in services, technical barriers to trade [TBT], sanitary and phytosanitary [SPS] measures, dispute settlement, movement of natural persons, telecom, financial services, customs procedures and cooperation in other areas,” an official release stated.
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved signing of a comprehensive economic cooperation agreement, a kind of a free trade pact, between India
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the signing of the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) between India and Mauritius providing an institutional mechanism to encourage and improve trade between the two .
Three important decisions were taken in the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. These include a key trade agreement with Mauritius.Union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Javadekar and Smriti Irani .
Uniindia: New Delhi, Feb 17 (UNI) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved signing of the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) between India and Mauritius.