India and the UAE announced the launch of their free trade agreement or Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the UAE Deputy Commander, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed held a virtual summit on Friday. PM Modi was due to visit Abu Dhabi in January, a trip that cancelled due to the Omicron wave of COVID - and while he still might go next month, before the Dubai Expo ends on March 31, the two sides decided to delay the launch of CEPA no further.

The agreement is a first in many ways. Read more here.

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