12 June 2026
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What must India do to improve its export competitiveness with ASEAN?
Sixteen years after the ASEAN–India Free Trade Agreement (AIFTA) came into force, the key question is no longer whether trade has grown. It has. The more important question is why India’s imports from ASEAN continue to grow significantly faster than its exports, and what this reveal about India’s export competitiveness in one of the world’s…