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India’s Shifting Trade Policy: South Asia and Beyond

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Asia’s New Institutional Architecture

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Abstract

Since 1991, India’s economy has undergone a remarkable transformation. Moving away from years of inward-looking economic policies, it has become a significant force in the global political economy. This chapter focuses on the evolution of India’s new economic policies, particularly in trade, within the context of the larger transformation of Asia’s economic and security architecture after the Cold War.

We would like to thank Adnan Farooqui, David Guarino, Nikhil Kumar, Siddhartha Mukerji, and Michael Ricci for their research assistance. Jonathan Chow has been extremely helpful in providing us with comments and suggestions on this chapter. Rahul Mukherji would like to acknowledge the infrastructure and support provided by the Institute of South Asian Studies, Singapore.

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Aggarwal, V.K., Mukherji, R. (2008). India’s Shifting Trade Policy: South Asia and Beyond. In: Aggarwal, V.K., Koo, M.G. (eds) Asia’s New Institutional Architecture. The Political Economy of the Asia Pacific. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72389-9_8

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