India, Asean agree to review decade-old free trade pact

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No details of the review were provided, but it aims to make the agreement 'more user-friendly and simple'. FMTNews

The free trade pact, which initially excluded software and information technology, was signed in 2009 after more than six years of negotiations.

Hit by cheaper imports, small- and medium-scale industries in India, such as textile manufacturers and small farmers, have demanded the government take a fresh look at trade with Asean, which groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

India’s trade deficit with Asean nations widened to US$12.9 billion in 2017-18, from about US$5 billion seven years ago.

 

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