India, Aus hold 10th round of CECA talks

India and Australia held discussions on a wide range of issues, including goods, services and digital trade, during their tenth round of negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA), the government said Sunday.

The August 19-22 talks were held in Sydney in the areas of goods, services, digital trade, government procurement, rules of origin and agri-tech, according to the commerce and industry ministry. The next round of talks for the CECA are expected to be held in November.

"The meeting saw intensive discussions and negotiations to narrow down the differences through better understanding of each other's proposals and the way to bring in convergence," the ministry said.