New negotiations on a comprehensive economic pact and investment treaty aim to strengthen commercial links between the two countries PRAVASISAMWAD.COM Australia and India are working towards a new framework to deepen trade and investment ties, with negotiations under way on a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) and a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT). Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on September 25 that the two countries were pursuing both agreements as part of efforts to expand two-way trade and provide greater certainty for investors. The proposed CECA would build on the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA), which