All that the India-Japan CEPA promises

On August 1, 2011, the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between Japan and India became operational, nearly seven years after the negotiations began in 2004. The India-Japan CEPA is the third such agreement that has been concluded (similar agreements were signed with Singapore in 2005 and with Korea in 2009), which covers not only the goods and services trade but also includes areas like investment, competition policy, intellectual property rights and government procurement.

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