Report by India (WT/TPR/G/249): Part VI. Regional and Bilateral Arrangements: paragraph 79, page 23:
Paragraph 79 of India's Report indicates that "India has concluded 10 free trade agreements, 5 limited scope preferential trade agreements and is in the process of negotiating/expanding 17 more agreements". The Report then lists a number of agreements and negotiations, notably with Japan, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and the European Union, covering areas such as economic cooperation, trade in goods, services and investments.
The recent Japan India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, unlike previous Indian free trade agreements, includes a number of key commitments relating to the environment and sustainable development. Can India please inform as to whether it has the intention to extend the scope of its current free trade agreement model to include environment and sustainable development provisions, and if so, what kind of provisions does it envision including?
