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Commitment of South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) from South Asian Preferential Trading Agreement (SAPTA) for trade liberalisation was one of the hopes in South Asia. This article highlights untapped trade potential in agro-trade between India and its trading partners in South Asia through Trade Potential Index (TPI). This article evaluates po...
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... was noted that vegetable products imports from South Asia to India witnessed extraordinary boom. Table 6 provides a distinguishing feature of trade barriers prevailing in exports of India to rest seven SAEs. Non-basmati rice is mostly exported from India to almost all South Asian trading partners but lesser to Pakistan. ...Similar publications
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... In addition to the research on the influencing factors of the overall bilateral trade flow, some scholars also study the influencing factors of the bilateral trade from perspective of one type of goods, such as agricultural products and digital trade. Kumar (2021) use qualitative approach and quantitative analysis got the results establish the presence of agri-trade barriers from South Asian countries against India as well as India's barriers against rest seven countries of South Asia [31]. Hatab et al. (2010) find that the fluctuations in economy, population, exchange rate have impact on agricultural exports by using Gravity Model [32]. ...
... In addition to the research on the influencing factors of the overall bilateral trade flow, some scholars also study the influencing factors of the bilateral trade from perspective of one type of goods, such as agricultural products and digital trade. Kumar (2021) use qualitative approach and quantitative analysis got the results establish the presence of agri-trade barriers from South Asian countries against India as well as India's barriers against rest seven countries of South Asia [31]. Hatab et al. (2010) find that the fluctuations in economy, population, exchange rate have impact on agricultural exports by using Gravity Model [32]. ...
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a development plan proposed by China that aims to build a new platform for international cooperation and create new drivers of shared development. South Asia is a key area in the Belt and Road Initiative, including eight countries. As the BRI implemented, China’s trade with South Asia has been gradually strengthened. This paper explores the influencing factors of China-South Asia trade under the background of the BRI by using Gravity Model of Trade. The results show that economic growth in China and South Asia, increase of savings rate and improvement of industrialization in South Asia has a significant positive effect on China-South Asia trade. While the development gap between China and South Asia has negative effect on China-South Asia trade.
Over the past two and half decades, rising non-tariff barriers, such as SPS and TBT measures appear to negate any benefits accruing from declining tariffs. The adoption of higher standards reflects efforts, generally by developed nations, towards protecting both human and environmental health. However, the burden of compliance falls on the upstream players of the supply chain, mostly located in the Global South. In this article, we explore if imposing food standards has a differential impact on the exporters of marine products from high-income and low-income countries. Using panel data analysis based on bilateral trade between 50 exporters and 188 importers of marine goods at HS6 level codes from 1995 to 2018, we conclude that imposing food standards has a significantly negative impact on exports of marine industries. Moreover, it appears that after 2008, food standards have become relatively more stringent, and their impact has varied based on economic size of the exporter. Relatively richer countries were able to expand their exports in the presence of standards. However, marine exports of poorer nations reduced. This contrasting impact of food standards on the high- and low-income countries significantly changed the pattern of global marine trade.
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