...Ittika Takkar; Mahua Bhattacharjee; Anjali Tandon Purpose This study aims to assess the impact of non-tariff measures (NTMs) imposed by the Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) on India’s exports and examine whether India’s free trade agreements (FTAs) with the ASEAN have played any role...

...Prabhash Ranjan Purpose This paper aims to show that India is decoupling its international investment law obligations from its international trade law obligations. This decoupling goes beyond the split between investment protection rules and trade agreements. If investment protection rules...

...Krishna Bhattacharya; Mahima Ahuja Purpose The debate to find a solution for domestic price support under the WTO Agreement on Agriculture (AOA) has been a long one. The stance of India is critical to determine due to its large population. This paper aims to analyse the benefits or demerits...

... This paper reviews all the ISDS cases that India has lost to ascertain the reason why these claims were brought against India in the first place. The approach of the paper is to study these ISDS cases to find out whether these cases arose due to abuse of the State’s public power or affronted India’s...

...Bijoy Rakshit Purpose This paper aims to examine the dynamics between trade openness, foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic growth in India over the period 1979 to 2017. This study further considers the role of pre and post-economic reforms in the analysis of these dynamics. Design...

...Debashis Chakraborty; Julien Chaisse; Shameek Pahari Purpose This paper aims to analyze whether the domestic policy reforms in India would suffice, or there is a need to conform to stricter international standards as well. The paper is arranged along the following lines. First, the paper offers...

... indicators. It objectively questions the rationales for liberalization or globalization and its merits. Amade Roberts Amana can be contacted at: Manderoberts2008@yahoo.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 GATS Bilateral air services India WTO Liberalization Open skies...

...Manpreet Kaur; Surendra S. Yadav; Vinayshil Gautam Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the causal relationship between economic growth and foreign direct investment (FDI) in context of India. Design/methodology/approach Using Toda‐Yamamoto granger causality technique, authors tried...

...Mohammad Masudur Rahman; Chanwahn Kim Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the trade and investment potential under the ambit of sub‐regional cooperation comprising the four contiguous countries of Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar (BCIM). Design/methodology/approach The study...

... Organization (WTO), the purpose of this paper is to examine education trade bilateralism between Australia and India as an alternative to multilateralism. The end is to maximise bilateral trade liberalisation in education as a means to facilitate dynamic productivity gains, export opportunities, market...

...Monica Singhania; Akshay Gupta Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) in India. Design/methodology/approach Using macroeconomic variables – GDP, inflation rate, interest rate, patents, money growth and foreign trade – the authors...

... and financial globalization in the contemporary period. Design/methodology/approach The paper looks at: globalization as a welfare‐enhancing force; some front runners of globalization and particularly the ascent and economic integration of East Asia, China, India, the BRICS, etc. and latecomers...

...Rafael Leal‐Arcas Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the potential of partnerships of the European Union (EU) with two of the so‐called BRIC countries, i.e. Brazil and India. Design/methodology/approach The scope of analysis will be the EU vis‐à‐vis Brazil and India...

...Tanay Kumar Nandi; Ritankar Sahu It is to be noted that there is prevalent widespread opposition, specially by the left parties towards FDI in retail trade in India. May be in the early 1990s employing safeguards to protect domestic retailers was the need of the day. Almost more than one and a half...

...Krishnendu Sen; Ritankar Sahu Since India became a signatory to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), it has been increasingly involved in multilateral negotiations for opening up its borders to international trade in services. The GATS was negotiated in the Uruguay Round...

...Ubong E. Effeh The relationship between democracy and civil and political rights is often assumed to be self‐evident. What is often less obvious is that between democracy and economic and social rights. The emergence of China and India (two countries with divergent attitudes to democratic...