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 …

International production fragmentation broadly refers to the splitting up of a good into its
constituent parts, components and accessories that are produced, traded and distributed …

India's recent overlapping comprehensive trade agreements, which combine accelerated
goods trade liberalisation with deeper and wider liberalisation in agriculture," investment" …

Manufacturing and international trade have witnessed a paradigm shift over the past few
decades. Firms no longer manufacture and export exclusively final and finished products …

The impact of tariff barriers affecting participation in global value chain (GVC) trade has
received attention in recent literature. However, the empirical evidence in the context of …

This paper analyses the current state of participation of India in the international production
networks (IPNs) of manufacturing industries in Asia, and identifies the constraints and …

Since the 1950s, under the wings of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
(UNECE), the process to harmonize technical regulations on vehicles and auto-components …

Manufacturing in India accounts for roughly 16-17% of the national GDP, which for all
practical purposes has remained the same as it was two decades back. Changing this …

This article undertakes a comparative analysis of five ASEAN 1 Free Trade Agreements and
the ASEAN Economic Community to analyse the ease or difficulties in negotiating and …

Working Paper The Proposed India-EU Trade Agreement and UNECE 1958 Provisions:
Empirical Results for Indian Automobile Sector Page 1 EC-21-06 1 Indian Institute of …