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A Public Knowledge Platform on Global Trade and Trade Agreements

Purpose of this Platform

India’s Trade Agreements is an open-access information platform created to help students, young professionals, entrepreneurs, and the general public across the world understand international trade, trade agreements, and global economic relationships.

International trade plays a vital role in shaping employment, business growth, prices of goods and services, investment flows, and cross-border opportunities. However, trade policies and agreements are often presented in technical and legal language that is difficult for most people to understand.

This platform presents trade-related information in a clear, neutral, and structured format, using simple explanations and practical examples. While India’s trade agreements form the core reference, the insights and concepts discussed are relevant to a global audience.

To explain international trade and trade agreements in a clear and simple manner

To improve public understanding of how global trade systems operate

To present reliable trade information in an accessible and structured format

To support informed learning, awareness, and decision-making

What is India’s Trade Agreements?

We aim to empower students to change the world

India’s Trade Agreements is a public information initiative that explains how countries trade with each other and how trade agreements influence economies, businesses, and individuals.

The platform brings together information on Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements (CEPAs), and Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) in a way that is easy to understand and free from technical complexity.

India’s trade relationships are used as a reference to explain broader global trade concepts, making the platform useful not only for Indian audiences but also for anyone interested in understanding international trade.

The platform is informational and neutral in nature, with the sole aim of improving awareness and understanding of global trade systems.

List of India’s Trade Agreements
1972 - 2026 
region-wise & chronological order

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1. SOUTH ASIA
Individual (Bilateral) Trade Agreements
 

  • India-Bhutan Agreement on Trade, Commerce and Transit

  • Indo-Nepal Treaty of Trade

  • India-Sri Lanka FTA (ISFTA)

  • India-Afghanistan PTA

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Grouped (Multilateral Trade Agreements)

  • SAPTA (SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangement)

  • SAFTA (South Asian Free Trade Area)

2. EUROPE
Individual (Bilateral) Trade Agreements

  • India-UK CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement)​

Grouped (Multilateral Trade Agreements)

  • India-EFTA TEPA

  • India-EU FTA (Free Trade Agreement)

3. ASIA & THE MIDDLE EAST
Individual (Bilateral) Trade Agreements

  • India-Thailand FTA (Early Harvest Scheme)​

  • India-Singapore CECA

  • India-South Korea CEPA

  • India-Japan CEPA

  • India-Malaysia CECA

  • India-UAE CEPA 

  • India-Oman CEPA

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Grouped (Multilateral Trade Agreements)

  • APTA (Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement)

  • ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement

  • ASEAN-India Trade in Services & Investment Agreement

4. OCEANIA

Individual (Bilateral) Trade Agreements

  • India-Australia ECTA

  • India-New Zealand FTA

5. AFRICA & SOUTH AMERICA
Individual (Bilateral) Trade Agreements

  • India-Chile PTA​

  • India-Mauritius CECPA

Grouped (Multilateral Trade Agreements)

  • India-MERCOSUR PTA

6. GLOBAL FRAMEWORKS 

  • GSTP (Global System of Trade Preferences)​

  • IPEF (Indo-Pacific Economic Framework)

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