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    ISAS Insights

    Detailed perspectives on developments in South Asia​​

    284: Trans-Pacific Partnership, India and South Asia

    Amitendu Palit, Senior Research Fellow and Research Lead (Trade and Economic Policy) at ISAS

    11 July 2015

    The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will have multiple impacts on India and South Asia, ranging from a short-term effect, such as the loss of preferential access for exports, to the longer-term impact of having to comply with higher quality-standards. The most significant impact, however, can be the gradual isolation of South Asia from a significant part of global trade governed by new rules.