No progress in India-ASEAN trade deal review after 9 meetings in a year.

• India held nine meetings with ASEAN officials to review the ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA).
• Despite pressure, no progress has been made.
• India opened 71% of its tariff lines to ASEAN countries under the original agreement.
• Despite doubled exports to ASEAN in the last 15 years, imports tripled.
• India discovered ASEAN countries receiving highly subsidised raw materials from China, processing them, and exporting them to India.