Syllabus of the Subject: International Economic Relations and Free Trade Agreements
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);
Generalized System of Preferences (India);
Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement;
Proposed agreements: Indonesia, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Canada, Thailand, Australia, European Free Trade Association (EFTA);
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 with the African Countries: Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Liberia, Mozambique, Mauritius, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Eswatini (Swaziland), the Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda, Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Legend:
FTA: Free Trade Agreement;
CECA: Exhaustive Economic Cooperation Agreement;
CEPA: Exhaustive Economic Partnership Agreement;
CECPA: Exhaustive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement;