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LIFE AND LIES #33 | Free Trade Agreements

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"It's a typo," I interrupt my sister. "Correct it." She's working from home and I am on leave and have got nothing better to do. "No, it's not," she replies after pondering for a while. "Ok, there's no such thing as CECPA," I begin. "It's CEPA - free trade agreement between India and South Korea. Don't you remember? A year ago, I told you that this will be the first thing your interviewers ask you. And then...there's CECA - a free trade agreement between Indian and Malaysia, and I think Singapore also. Anyway, my point is... there is no such thing as CECPA." "Actually, my dear brother," she smiles. "There is. CECPA is a free trade agreement between India and Mauritius." I stand there silent for a moment. Didn't I have all the FTAs on the tips of my tongue? Yes, I left college almost four years ago but I did teach all that stuff to my sister, just a year ago. I go over the acronym again