India's bilateral trade agreements and export competitiveness of agricultural commodities
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چکیده
Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) are important as they can create an economic impact on international businesses and influence global policies. The key objective of this study is to understand whether India's agricultural export competitiveness with its partners has improved after the creation these Agreements. applies Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) index gauge India RTA partners. data been analyzed for products in agriculture category – Animals (product codes (PCs) 01 05), Vegetables (PCs 06 15), Food Products 16 24) based Harmonized System (HS2) classification. Out 164 cases competitiveness, 84 have shown statistically significant changes formation studied RTAs. Among cases, 31 improvement RCA, 53 a deterioration RCA. Considering India–Thailand Free Agreement (FTA) most beneficial, while India–Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation (CECA) India–Sri Lanka FTA be treated highly disadvantageous bilateral agreements. results trade policy implications other developing nations that process negotiating more
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Economic and Financial Review
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2222-6737', '2305-2147']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55493/5002.v13i6.4785