The India-UAE #CEPA includes provisions for digital trade and government procurement

Even though #India is opposed to e-commerce being included in World Trade Organization (WTO) discussions, the recently signed India-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) includes an entire chapter on digital trade.

It also includes a chapter on government procurement, another area where the government has been highly cautious.

While business groups and exporters have expressed satisfaction with the conclusion, analysts caution that India’s concessions to the #UAE may make future trade discussions more difficult.

They believe that this agreement will make it difficult to prevent some occurring issues from coming up in the other #FTA negotiations.

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