This study analyses the impact of the asean-India Preferential Trade Agreement on plantation commodities – coffee, tea and pepper – using the smart and gravity models. This reveals that the agreement may cause a significant increase in India’s imports of plantation commodities from the asean countries, which is mostly driven by trade creation rather than trade diversion.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/impact-asean-india-preferential-trade-agreement-plantation-commodities-simulation
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/c-veeramani
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/gordhan-k-saini
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/economic-and-political-weekly
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/plantation-crops
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/trade
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coffee
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tea
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/spices
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/workers
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/displacement
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture