 Indian Free Trade Agreements
Syllabus of the Subject: International Economic Relations and Free Trade Agreements (FTA)
of India
- Indian Bilateral agreements: Sri Lanka, Singapore, Chile, MERCOSUR, South Korea, Pakistan, European Union (EU), New Zealand, Mauritius, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives, and Nepal
- Indian Regional Agreements
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- Bay of Bengal Initiative (BIMSTEC)
- Agreement with the Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU)
- Generalised System of Preferences (India)
- Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement
- Proposed agreements: Indonesia, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Canada, Thailand, Australia, European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
- Trade Relations with the Andean Community
- Africa-BRICS Cooperation
Logistics Corridors
- Asia-Africa Growth Corridor
- International Transport and Transit Corridor of the Ashgabat Agreement
- India-Chabahar (Iran)-Afghanistan Corridor
- Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor
- International North-South Transport Corridor (India-Russia)
- Access to the:
- China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
- Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Rail and Road Corridor (ITI-ECO)
- Trans-Caspian Trade and Transit Corridor (Central Corridor)
Example of Subject: Indian Trade Agreements and Economic Relations (Hindu Economic Area)

Description of the Subject: Indian Free Trade Agreements
India views the regional trade agreements as building blocs towards the final objective of
the international trade liberalisation.
Indian Bilateral agreements.
- Sri Lanka
- Thailand
- Singapore
- Chile
- MERCOSUR
- Andean Community
- South Korea
- European Union
- New Zealand
- The Maldives
- Bangladesh
- Nepal
- Mauritius
- Malawi-India Agreement
- India-Japan Economic Association Agreement
- India-Bhutan Agreement on Foreign Trade,
Commerce and Transit. The main objective of this agreement is to foster the international trade and
the economic development between India and Bhutan (Signed on 1995)
- Transit Trade Agreement between India, Iran and Afghanistan
India has several Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with the African Countries:
Angola, "Botswana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Liberia, Mozambique,
Mauritius, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Swaziland,
the Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda, Republic of
the Congo, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Legend:
- FTA: Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
- CECA: Exhaustive Economic Cooperation Agreement
- CEPA: Exhaustive Economic Partnership Agreement
- CECPA: Exhaustive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement
- PTA: Preferential Trade Agreement

Proposed FTA/under consultation and study.
- India-Indonesia
- India-Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Agreement
- India-Canada
- India-Pakistan Trading Arrangement (not a formal agreement)
- India-Australia
- India-European Free Trade Association Negotiations on broad based trade and Investment Agreement
- India-Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU)
Regional Agreements.
- ASEAN-India
- South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
- South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC)
- India and the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi - Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
- India and the Ocean Rim Association (IORA)
- Asian Clearing Union (ACU)
- International Trade Preferences Global System
- Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA)
- Africa-India Cooperation
- Africa-Asia (India) Strategic Partnership
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