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    ISAS Working Papers

    Long-term studies on trends and issues in South Asia

    09 : CECA Implementation: A First Look

    Alka Chadha

    7 February 2006

    The Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agr eement (CECA) was signed between India and Singapore on 29 June 2005 to promote trade and investments between the two countries. For the first time, India has signed an all-enco mpassing economic pact with any country so as to benefit from gains through trade and investment flows in areas of mutual interest. This is also the first time that India has notified a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) under Article XXIV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). While, the Agreements relating to goods and services are in accordance with the provisions under the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Agreement on financial services goes beyond the WTO commitments for both India and Singapore.