ContractMay 25th, 2015
FiledMay 25th, 2015International Trade Trade Agreements India-Afghanistan PTA PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEENTHE REPUBLIC OF INDIA ANDTHE TRANSITIONAL ISLAMIC STATE OF AFGHANISTAN PREAMBLE The Government of the Republic of India and The Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan, (hereinafter referred to as the "Contracting Parties"), CONSIDERING that the expansion of their domestic markets, through economic integration, is a vital prerequisite for accelerating their processes of economic development. BEARING in mind the desire to promote mutually beneficial bilateral trade. CONVINCED of the need to establish and promote free trade for strengthening intra-regional economic cooperation and the development of national economies. FURTHER RECOGNISING that progressive reductions and elimination of obstacles to bilateral trade through a bilateral preferential trading arrangement (hereinafter referred to as "The Agreement") would contribute to the expansion of world trade. HAVE agreed as follows: Article I