Home Contact Us
Search :
IPCS: Research Institutes in India
 
Issue brief
India-ASEAN FTA: A Critique
Amita Batra
Associate Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
IB116-SEARP-BatraFTA.pdf
 

The India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was signed in Bangkok on 13 August 2009. The signing took place on the sidelines of the ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting. The agreement, which only deals with trade in goods, is India’s first FTA with a trade bloc.

Several concerns also come to the fore with regard to the FTA.  Is it really a good strategy to trade future gains for present costs, especially when those who bear the burden in the present are not likely to be beneficiaries of the gains that may accrue some time in the future? The state’s role assumes importance in this respect. It is for the state to redistribute these inter-temporal gains in a manner that ensures that nobody is a loser as a consequence of the FTA in the long run. Will the Indian state be able to do this, and is there any evidence of progress in this area?

CONTENTS
Introduction
FTA: Prolonged Interactions
FTA in/and India's Lookeast Policy
China Factor
Conclusions: Towards Regional Integration

RELATED SEARP PUBLICATIONS

Article #2964, 7 September 2009
India-ASEAN FTA: The Road Ahead
AN Ram, Former Ambassador of India to Thailand
http://www.ipcs.org/article_details.php?articleNo=2964

#2956, 24 August 2009
The India-ASEAN FTA: An assessment
Tuli Sinha, Research Officer,SEARP, IPCS
http://www.ipcs.org/article_details.php?articleNo=2956


India-ASEAN FTA: The Road Ahead
Conference Report
http://www.ipcs.org/publications_special_details.php?recNo=293&pT=4

 
 
 
 

The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) is the premier South Asian think tank which conducts independent research on and provides an in depth analysis of conventional and non-conventional issues related to national and South Asian security including nuclear issues, disarmament, non-proliferation, weapons of mass destruction, the war on terrorism, counter terrorism , strategies security sector reforms, and armed conflict and peace processes in the region.

For those in South Asia and elsewhere, the IPCS website provides a comprehensive analysis of the happenings within India with a special focus on Jammu and Kashmir and Naxalite Violence. Our research promotes greater understanding of India's foreign policy especially India-China relations, India's relations with SAARC countries and South East Asia.

Through close interaction with leading strategic thinkers, former members of the Indian Administrative Service, the Foreign Service and the three wings of the Armed Forces - the Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Indian Air Force, - the academic community as well as the media, the IPCS has contributed considerably to the strategic discourse in India.
 
Subscribe to Newswire | Site Map
B 7/3 Lower Ground Floor, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi 110029, INDIA.
Tel: 91-11-4100 1900, 4165 2556, 4165 2557, 4165 2558, 4165 2559 Fax: (91-11) 41652560
Email:
© Copyright 2012, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies.
        Web Design India Internet