TRADE AGREEMENTS – THE INDIAN PERSPECTIVE
TRADE AGREEMENTS INVOLVING INDIA
India has been consistently engaging at the regional and unilateral level across all the regions to increase economic cohesion. These agreements are complimentary to WTO based negotiations. These agreements aim at trade creation and trade diversification besides strengthening the political ties.
A compilation of trade agreements India has already signed or engaged in negotiation is listed below-
| Region | Partner Country/ Bloc | Type of agreement | Current Status |
| Asia | |||
| Thailand | CECA | 2004 in force, Under Negotiation | |
| ASEAN | FTA | 2010 in force, Further Negotiation | |
| BIMSTEC | CECA | Under Negotiation | |
| Singapore | CECA | 2005 in force, Under Negotiation | |
| Indonesia | CECA | 1968 in force, Under renegotiation | |
| SAARC | PTA, SATIS | 2006 in force; 2013 in force | |
| Malaysia | CECA | 2011 in force | |
| Japan | FTA | 2011 in force | |
| Afghanistan | PTA | 2003 in force | |
| South Korea | CECA | 2010 in force | |
| Sri Lanka | FTA; CEPA | 2000 in force, Under Negotiation | |
| Iran | PTA | Under Negotiation | |
| China | FTA | Proposed | |
| Taiwan | FTA | Proposed | |
| Georgia | PTA | Proposed | |
| Nepal | ■ India – Nepal Trade Treaty ■ Agreement of Cooperation with Nepal to control Unauthorised Trade ■ Treaty of transit between India and Nepal |
1999 in force; 2002 in force; 2009 in force |
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| Bhutan | Trade Agreement | 2006 in force | |
| Europe | |||
| Europe | FTA | Under negotiation | |
| Turkey | FTA | Proposed | |
| Oceania | |||
| Australia | FTA | Under Negotiation | |
| New Zealand | FTA | Under Negotiation | |
| Middle East | |||
| GCC | Framework Agreement | Under Negotiation | |
| Israel | FTA | Under Negotiation | |
| Africa | |||
| SACU | PTA | Under Negotiation | |
| COMESA | PTA | Under Negotiation | |
| South America | |||
| Chile | PTA | 2007 in force, Expansion under negotiation | |
| MERCOSUR | PTA | 2009 in force, Expansion under negotiation | |
| Ecuador | PTA | Proposed , Under consultation | |
| Colombia | PTA | Proposed , Under consultation | |
| Peru | FTA | Under Negotiation | |
| Uruguay | PTA | Proposed | |
| Venezuela | PTA | Proposed | |
| North America | |||
| Canada | FTA | Under Negotiation | |
| Miscellaneous | |||
| GSTP | PTA | 2014 in force, Under Negotiation | |
| APTA | PTA | 2014 in force | |
| RCEP | Comprehensive agreement | Early harvest package released in 2019 | |
Source:
https://aric.adb.org/fta-country, http://www.indiantradeportal.in/vs.jsp?lang=1&id=0,1,63,70,
