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EU-India RelationsDeterminants and Impediments of the EU-India Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement: The Proof of This Old Pudding Is in the Eating

EU-India Relations: Determinants and Impediments of the EU-India Bilateral Trade and Investment... [This chapter traces the origins and the negotiations of the EU-India Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA), which has been under discussion since the mid-2000s. It argues that the exceedingly long duration of the trade talks can be attributed to the European Union’s limited external competences and India’s idiosyncratic trade policy agenda. Unlike the governments of most nation states, the European Union has exclusive competences for international trade, but has struggled in recent years to meaningfully link trade policy with other strategic objectives. India’s drive for regional trade agreements (RTAs) involves a mix of foreign policy objectives and export interests that are largely defined by the government. This chapter examines how these divergent preferences developed and shaped the course of the negotiations for a BTIA between the EU and India. It identifies three distinct phases of negotiations: the inception, during which an outcome seemed within reach (2005–2010), a period during which negotiations ground to a halt and were suspended (2010–2013), and an ongoing limbo phase, during which some progress has been made but compromise is still not within reach (2013–2020). It concludes with an outlook on the implications of greater strategic cooperation between the EU and India for a successful conclusion to the BTIA negotiations.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

EU-India RelationsDeterminants and Impediments of the EU-India Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement: The Proof of This Old Pudding Is in the Eating

Part of the Contributions to International Relations Book Series
Editors: Gieg, Philipp; Lowinger, Timo; Pietzko, Manuel; Zürn, Anja; Bava, Ummu Salma; Müller-Brandeck-Bocquet, Gisela
Köhler-Suzuki, Nicolas
EU-India Relations — Feb 28, 2021
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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
ISBN
978-3-030-65043-8
Pages
151 –184
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-65044-5_8
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[This chapter traces the origins and the negotiations of the EU-India Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA), which has been under discussion since the mid-2000s. It argues that the exceedingly long duration of the trade talks can be attributed to the European Union’s limited external competences and India’s idiosyncratic trade policy agenda. Unlike the governments of most nation states, the European Union has exclusive competences for international trade, but has struggled in recent years to meaningfully link trade policy with other strategic objectives. India’s drive for regional trade agreements (RTAs) involves a mix of foreign policy objectives and export interests that are largely defined by the government. This chapter examines how these divergent preferences developed and shaped the course of the negotiations for a BTIA between the EU and India. It identifies three distinct phases of negotiations: the inception, during which an outcome seemed within reach (2005–2010), a period during which negotiations ground to a halt and were suspended (2010–2013), and an ongoing limbo phase, during which some progress has been made but compromise is still not within reach (2013–2020). It concludes with an outlook on the implications of greater strategic cooperation between the EU and India for a successful conclusion to the BTIA negotiations.]

Published: Feb 28, 2021

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