EU-India Free Trade Agreement

Sangeeta Khorana and Nicholas Perdikis
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Nicholas Perdikis: Nicholas Perdikis, School of Management and Business, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth SY23 3DD, United Kingdom. Email: nip@aber.ac.uk

South Asia Economic Journal, 2010, vol. 11, issue 2, 181-206

Abstract: The European Union (EU) and India are currently negotiating a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) and investment framework. There is an ongoing debate as to whether the EU-India FTA will act as a building block for the trading partners. This article addresses the broader concerns about compatibility; prospects of and the challenges to the proposed EU-India FTA; identifies the building and stumbling blocks in the ongoing negotiations; and suggests a way forward from a policy perspective. The findings suggest that to maximize the potential benefits of this FTA, trade barriers (tariff and non-tariff) in goods and services sectors should be addressed. This must be complemented by a mutually agreeable time frame to conclude negotiations in areas where interests of the partners vary.

Keywords: Country and industry studies of trade; economic integration; development; regulation; government policy; JEL: F14; JEL: F15; JEL: O19; JEL: M38; JEL: R28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1177/139156141001100202

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