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side of Nathu La can now be covered in less than eight hours.

Prognosis

10. The Doklam standoff reveals a distinct hardening of stance by the

Chinese. In the west, China occupies 38,000 sq. km. in Aksai Chin and
in the east, Beijing claims most of Arunachal Pradesh, close to 90,000

sq. km.

Any settlement will axiomatically involve a reciprocal foregoing of
respective claims which in the near future is a highly unlikely scenario.

Comments

11. The Doklam standoff is yet another issue in the already enlarged list of
differences between India and China. However, the relative calm and

mature handling of this sensitive and needling border issue has kept the
border peaceful and insulated from other aspects of the relationship.

38. INDIA AND SINGAPORE SIGNED SECOND

PROTOCOL AMENDING COMPREHENSIVE

ECONOMIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT

(CECA)

India and Singapore signed the Second Protocol amending the
Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement. The signing of the

Second Protocol, amending CECA, will boost bilateral trade between India
and Singapore. CECA was the first comprehensive agreement covering trade

in goods, services and investments, which India had signed with its trading
partners. CECA was signed on 29 June 2005 and its first review was
concluded on 1 October 2007.