February 6, 2014 4:46 PM

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Aus keen to sign Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement with India

Australia today said it was keen to sign the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement with India to bring trade and investment ties to the forefront. Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb said his country would push for the agreement after the general election in India. The Minister was speaking at the Australia-India Roundtable, an informal dialogue between the two countries in Melbourne today. Robb said the Australian government was working on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement with India and Indonesia which would be pushed soon after polls are held in both the nations.He told the delegation that India was emerging one of the largest trading partner after China, Japan and South Korea. The Roundtable, that concluded in Melbourne today, covered wide-ranging agenda encompassing economic, strategic, political and education-related aspects of the bilateral relationship, as well as regional and global challenges affecting both countries.A high-level Indian delegation led by Secretary (East) of the Ministry of External Affairs Anil Wadhwa held talks with several Australian officials in Sydney and Melbourne. The Roundtable was organised by the Australia IndiaInstitute in partnership with the Lowy Institute and Indian foreign policy think-tank the Observer Research Foundation.

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