India-Japan CEPA Meeting:
The 7th Joint Committee Meeting under the India–Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) was held in Tokyo to review implementation issues and discuss enhancing bilateral economic engagement.Discussions covered a wide range of issues, including bilateral trade and investment, improving the business environment, and preparations for the upcoming 14th Ministerial Conference (March 2026, in Yaoundé, Cameroon) of the WTO.The India-Japan CEPA, which came into effect in August 2011, is a landmark bilateral trade pact that covers trade in goods, services, movement of natural persons, investments, intellectual property rights (IPR), customs procedures, and other trade-related issues.The agreement envisages the abolition of tariffs on over 94% of items traded between the two countries over a period of 10 years.
