Biswajit Nag & Debashis Chakraborty (eds), India’s Trade Analytics: Patterns and Opportunities

Abstract. India, a leading developing country, initiated the process of trade liberalization since early nineties, but the wider effects of the reforms started taking shape only in the new millennium. The unilateral trade policy reforms undertaken by the country were supplemented by the WTO-induced liberalization measures from mid-nineties onwards. The investment liberalizations ushered in updated technology and global management practices across sectors. The internal policy reforms as well as the evolving global trade architecture created a number of winner sectors across the Indian economy, e.g., – tea and spices, fisheries (agriculture), garments, leather products, automobiles (manufacturing) and IT services (services). Confident with growing export potential as well as the rising trade openness in the partner countries, India started entering into a number of regional trade agreements (RTAs), primarily in Asia, from 2005 onwards.Keywords. Trade, Patterns and Opportunities.JEL. F00, F10, F13, F40