Rising Interest in South Asian Regional Grouping
IDN-InDepth News Analysis, February 25, 2014
The South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is not a shining model of regional cooperation. It is seen as a talking shop – of a region that accounts for the largest population of the poor – with lofty goals, high-sounding resolutions, ringing declarations and little by way of achievement. More…
South Asia needs greater integration: Experts
IANS, New Delhi, February 20, 2014
Despite close linkages, including historical and geographical, the South Asian region has not witnessed the kind of integration it should have, experts at a seminar said here Thursday. They noted that a higher level of integration has eluded the region though most of its countries are going through or have undergone a state of political transition. More…
Northeast link between South and Southeast Asia: Japan International Cooperation Agency
The Times of India, Guwahati, February 14, 2014
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has emphasized the possibility of connecting the northeast with emerging South Asian and Southeast Asian economies by developing connectivity infrastructure. More…
Textile export subsidies distort normal trade, Turkey tells India`
The Hindu Business Line, 09 February, 2014
India has to phase out textile export subsidies gradually as it has reached ‘export competitiveness’, says Turkey Trade Minister Nihat Zeybekci. Zeybekci, who was in India recently, spoke to Business Line on the areas of bilateral cooperation between the two countries, a possible Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement and how it wants to keep this relationship separate from its stance in multilateral agencies like the World Trade Organisation. More…
Indo-Bangla trade declines in Tripura
The Assam Tribune, 09 February, 2014
The political turmoil in the neighbouring Bangladesh has cast a shadow over the Indo-Bangla trade through Land Customs Stations in Tripura, according to official figure. Even as there was a trend of increasing export-import volume, the latest figure indicates the trade volume for the year 2013-14 FY is unlikely to touch the previous year’s figure- Rs 343.06 crore. More…
Vietnam, South Asia 2013 trade turnover reached $6.2 billion
Vietnam News, 05 February, 2014
Vietnam’s total trade turnover with countries in South Asia last year reached $6.2 billion, posting a 30-percent increase over the previous year. Figures from the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s market department for Africa, West Asia and South Asia showed that bilateral trade between Vietnam and the region had a higher growth rate than others. More…