Abstract
Actively promoted by the United States, “Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement” (TPP) is likely to be an economic and trade integration agreement with the highest standards and the most extensive scope in the Asia-Pacific region. However, few people have always associated TPP with India despite the strong desire of India to enhance the economic ties with the countries in the Asia-Pacific region. In August 2013, the Vice-President of the United States Joseph Robinette Biden extended an invitation to Indian President Manmohan Singh to join the TPP when he visited India. Afterwards, India seems to be clearly interested in the TPP. But what does the role of India probably mean to the TPP and even the process of developing integration of this region? And what opportunities and challenges will India face when in TPP? With the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the politics and economy, this paper holds that the invitation made by the United States to India doesn’t mean India is important for the TPP, but more coming from political concerns other than economic benefits; besides, the TPP itself may bring India more challenges than opportunities in economy and India is likely to reap more actual benefits when in the RCEP, but the TPP offers India more strategic choices, so it is a possible choice for India.
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Xie, L., Li, T. (2015). India and TPP: Opportunities and Challenges. In: Wang, R., Zhu, C. (eds) Annual Report on the Development of International Relations in the Indian Ocean Region (2014). Current Chinese Economic Report Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45940-9_6
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