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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015

There is a proliferation of large number of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in world trading sys... more There is a proliferation of large number of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in world trading system in the recent past. Realising the importance of East Asia in the emerging global economic order, India signed a FTA with ASEAN which came in to force from 1st January 2010. India - ASEAN FTA in trade in goods envisages reduction and elimination of tariffs in 89.34 percent of the product lines and the remaining 10.66 percent product lines are kept outside the ambit of tariff reduction in the negative list. For any Regional Trade Agreement (RTA) to be successful, it is imperative on partner countries to have favourable trade structure between them. Countries which got complementary trade structure are likely to trade more where as economies with similar trade structure often struggle to improve trade share unless there is substantial intra industry trade. Manufacturing sector is very important for India as it provides value added products and employment opportunities to the people. In this context, the paper looked in to the trade structure of India and ASEAN countries on the manufacturing sector to identify complementary sectors and product groups for enhanced trade cooperation. Revealed Symmetric Comparative Index (RSCA) is constructed at three levels namely product group, HS-2 and HS-4 to get trade complementarity and Similarity. From the analysis it is revealed that there are complementary products available in the manufacturing sector for greater cooperation between India and ASEAN.

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015

There is a proliferation of large number of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in world trading sys... more There is a proliferation of large number of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in world trading system in the recent past. Realising the importance of East Asia in the emerging global economic order, India signed a FTA with ASEAN which came in to force from 1st January 2010. India - ASEAN FTA in trade in goods envisages reduction and elimination of tariffs in 89.34 percent of the product lines and the remaining 10.66 percent product lines are kept outside the ambit of tariff reduction in the negative list. For any Regional Trade Agreement (RTA) to be successful, it is imperative on partner countries to have favourable trade structure between them. Countries which got complementary trade structure are likely to trade more where as economies with similar trade structure often struggle to improve trade share unless there is substantial intra industry trade. Manufacturing sector is very important for India as it provides value added products and employment opportunities to the people. In this context, the paper looked in to the trade structure of India and ASEAN countries on the manufacturing sector to identify complementary sectors and product groups for enhanced trade cooperation. Revealed Symmetric Comparative Index (RSCA) is constructed at three levels namely product group, HS-2 and HS-4 to get trade complementarity and Similarity. From the analysis it is revealed that there are complementary products available in the manufacturing sector for greater cooperation between India and ASEAN.

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018

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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011

SSRN Electronic Journal

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a large trade negotiation among 16 countrie... more Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a large trade negotiation among 16 countries of Asia Pacific which aims to cover goods, services, investments, economic and technical cooperation, competition and intellectual property rights among these nations. The 16 RCEP countries include China, India, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and the 10-member ASEAN which represent more than 3.5 billion people and about 40 percent of global GDP. India already implemented a free trade agreement with ASEAN, Japan and South Korea and negotiating similar pacts with Australia and New Zealand. There are apprehensions that RCEP agreement will lead to large-scale import of manufactured goods from developed members of RCEP particularly China which enjoys a trade surplus of more than 50 billion US$ with India. Also, large coverage of items in the tariff reduction programme will lead to an influx of cheaper commodities into India affecting the manufacturing sector. Easy access to burgeoning Indian consumer market may affect a large number of informal players affecting their livelihoods. India's gain primarily comes from the services sector which needs greater access to the members' markets. Also, the previous experiences of India's RTAs did not yield desirable results as India's import increased rapidly compared to exports. In this context, the paper argues for India's caution and push for a comprehensive agreement by including services sector where India's advantage lies.

India and ASEAN signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in trade in goods which came to effect from 1... more India and ASEAN signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in trade in goods which came to effect from 1st January 2010. There were apprehensions on the likely impact of this RTA on some sensitive sectors of India such as agriculture, fisheries and plantation crop as large number of people depend on these sectors for their livelihood. India is a large consumer of marine products and export also export part of the catch to international markets (1.7 percent in total world export in 2007). Some of the ASEAN partners of India namely Thailand (5.82%), Vietnam (3.86) and Indonesia (2.14%) have larger presence in international fisheries trade and there is a possibility that they can export these products in to India in the post FTA period. In this context the paper looked in to the various provisions of India ASEAN FTA on fisheries sector and calculated trade complementarity and similarity using different trade indices. The paper found that India has taken adequate precaution to protect its mari...

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015

There is a proliferation of large number of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in world trading sys... more There is a proliferation of large number of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in world trading system in the recent past. Realising the importance of East Asia in the emerging global economic order, India signed a FTA with ASEAN which came in to force from 1st January 2010. India - ASEAN FTA in trade in goods envisages reduction and elimination of tariffs in 89.34 percent of the product lines and the remaining 10.66 percent product lines are kept outside the ambit of tariff reduction in the negative list. For any Regional Trade Agreement (RTA) to be successful, it is imperative on partner countries to have favourable trade structure between them. Countries which got complementary trade structure are likely to trade more where as economies with similar trade structure often struggle to improve trade share unless there is substantial intra industry trade. Manufacturing sector is very important for India as it provides value added products and employment opportunities to the people. In this context, the paper looked in to the trade structure of India and ASEAN countries on the manufacturing sector to identify complementary sectors and product groups for enhanced trade cooperation. Revealed Symmetric Comparative Index (RSCA) is constructed at three levels namely product group, HS-2 and HS-4 to get trade complementarity and Similarity. From the analysis it is revealed that there are complementary products available in the manufacturing sector for greater cooperation between India and ASEAN.

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015

There is a proliferation of large number of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in world trading sys... more There is a proliferation of large number of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in world trading system in the recent past. Realising the importance of East Asia in the emerging global economic order, India signed a FTA with ASEAN which came in to force from 1st January 2010. India - ASEAN FTA in trade in goods envisages reduction and elimination of tariffs in 89.34 percent of the product lines and the remaining 10.66 percent product lines are kept outside the ambit of tariff reduction in the negative list. For any Regional Trade Agreement (RTA) to be successful, it is imperative on partner countries to have favourable trade structure between them. Countries which got complementary trade structure are likely to trade more where as economies with similar trade structure often struggle to improve trade share unless there is substantial intra industry trade. Manufacturing sector is very important for India as it provides value added products and employment opportunities to the people. In this context, the paper looked in to the trade structure of India and ASEAN countries on the manufacturing sector to identify complementary sectors and product groups for enhanced trade cooperation. Revealed Symmetric Comparative Index (RSCA) is constructed at three levels namely product group, HS-2 and HS-4 to get trade complementarity and Similarity. From the analysis it is revealed that there are complementary products available in the manufacturing sector for greater cooperation between India and ASEAN.

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2012

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011

SSRN Electronic Journal

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a large trade negotiation among 16 countrie... more Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a large trade negotiation among 16 countries of Asia Pacific which aims to cover goods, services, investments, economic and technical cooperation, competition and intellectual property rights among these nations. The 16 RCEP countries include China, India, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and the 10-member ASEAN which represent more than 3.5 billion people and about 40 percent of global GDP. India already implemented a free trade agreement with ASEAN, Japan and South Korea and negotiating similar pacts with Australia and New Zealand. There are apprehensions that RCEP agreement will lead to large-scale import of manufactured goods from developed members of RCEP particularly China which enjoys a trade surplus of more than 50 billion US$ with India. Also, large coverage of items in the tariff reduction programme will lead to an influx of cheaper commodities into India affecting the manufacturing sector. Easy access to burgeoning Indian consumer market may affect a large number of informal players affecting their livelihoods. India's gain primarily comes from the services sector which needs greater access to the members' markets. Also, the previous experiences of India's RTAs did not yield desirable results as India's import increased rapidly compared to exports. In this context, the paper argues for India's caution and push for a comprehensive agreement by including services sector where India's advantage lies.

India and ASEAN signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in trade in goods which came to effect from 1... more India and ASEAN signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in trade in goods which came to effect from 1st January 2010. There were apprehensions on the likely impact of this RTA on some sensitive sectors of India such as agriculture, fisheries and plantation crop as large number of people depend on these sectors for their livelihood. India is a large consumer of marine products and export also export part of the catch to international markets (1.7 percent in total world export in 2007). Some of the ASEAN partners of India namely Thailand (5.82%), Vietnam (3.86) and Indonesia (2.14%) have larger presence in international fisheries trade and there is a possibility that they can export these products in to India in the post FTA period. In this context the paper looked in to the various provisions of India ASEAN FTA on fisheries sector and calculated trade complementarity and similarity using different trade indices. The paper found that India has taken adequate precaution to protect its mari...