India–Australia ECTA Completes Four Years, Strengthening Bilateral Economic Partnership

• Ind-Aus ECTA is India's first trade agreement with a developed economy in over a decade, signed 2 April 2022, in force from 29 December 2022.
• Covers goods, services, rules of origin, customs, and movement of natural persons; foundation for the deeper Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) under negotiation.
• UPSC relevance: GS-II (bilateral agreements, Indo-Pacific, Quad linkage) and GS-III (trade, FTAs, external sector).