The 14th round of discussions related to the India – Sri Lanka Economic and Trade Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) is scheduled to be held on the first week of March 2024.
According to the government, the 13th round of discussions related to the proposed cooperation agreement was held in New Delhi for 10 days from January 08.
The nine sub–committees responsible for ‘goods trade’, ‘introduction, general provisions and general exceptions’, ‘service trade’, ‘rules of the origin’, ‘customs procedure and easing the trade’, ‘measurements for sanitation and sanitation of vegetation’, ‘technical constraints for trade’, ‘trade accords’ and ‘economic and technological cooperation’ had entered into discussions.
The subcommittee on conflict solving and final provisions has scheduled to conduct their discussions at the end of this month (Feb) in New Delhi.
Thereby, the Cabinet took into consideration the information presented by the President concerning the current situation of the proposed ETCA. (NewsWire)