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JANUARY 2008
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Panel Discussion
PTAs and India: Where are we and where to
go?
New Delhi, Tuesday, January 29, 2008
A
panel discussion on PTAs and India: Where are
we and where to go?, was held on Tuesday,
January 29, 2007 at Conference Room II, India
International Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi,
to take stock of the progress in
Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs), both
bilateral and regional, signed so far and
likely to be sign in near future by India and
to assess the likely effects of such
arrangements and also those by other countries
than India on the domestic economy. The
objectives of this panel discussion were to
look into:
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The role of PTAs in promoting trade:
political economy of PTAs;
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The impact of proliferation of PTAs on world
trade: multilateralising regionalism;
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The structure of PTAs: shallow vis-à-vis
deep integration processes;
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India’s approach towards PTAs: political and
economic aspects; and
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Possible impact of other PTAs (than those
with which India is engaged) on India.
Besides government officials and academic
experts, representatives from business, civil
society, international institutions, foreign
missions and media were invited to take
part in this deliberation. The event took
stock of political and economic relevance of
India’s increasing engagement with PTAs and
serving CUTS in developing a comprehensive
work programme on political economy and
empirical research on PTAs and India.
It
was a half-day event – 9.30 AM to 1.30 PM,
followed by lunch.
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