Summary: | 碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 戰略暨國際事務研究所 === 102 === Globalization is improving regional trade development. Under the WTO framework, different countries could build up close relations and sign free trade agreements. India has improved the relations with China and South East Asia in recent years. Every country has lunched bilateral trade under the waves of regionalization. ASEAN was the first one to start trade liberalization in intra-region and India has started to focus on external trade and announced its “Look East” policy since its economic reform in 1991. Then two sides signed “The peace, progress and prosperity partnership agreements” on the third India-ASEAN Summit in the 2004. In addition, the two parties promote both side’s trade and investment, tourism, exchanging in cultural and sports. Even though India is in South Asia, it can break the geographic restrictions through its foreign policy and economic exchange to improve national influence.
In recent years, every country has completed economic integration by signing PTA and FTA. The reasons of signing FTA with ASEAN are not only for the interest of economic but also come with diplomatic, strategic factor. After all, Time will prove everything. This research also survey the influence including Taiwan, China, internal region between India and ASEAN, Asian pacific economic integration after the India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement was shaped.
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