经过6年的艰苦谈判,东盟—印度自由贸易协定2009年8月在曼谷签署。该协议是货物贸易协议,目标是从2010年1月1日起减免80%的商品品种的关税,这占到双方贸易规模的75%。其中71%的商品在2013年底前取消关税,另外9%的商品在2016年底前取消关税。东盟—印度自由贸易协定的签订,是印度“东向政策”的重要成果,也是东盟符合自身利益的选择,其中“中国因素”的作用也不可忽视。
<<After six years of hard negotiations,the ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement was signed in Bangkok on 13 August 2009. The agreement,which only deals with trade in goods,is India’s first FTA with a trade bloc. The FTA aims at eliminating of tariffs on about 80% of the traded goods,which is about 75% of the total trade between the two regions. The tariff liberalization schedule is to begin in January 2010 and is to be fully implemented by 2013 and 2016 in respect of the items on the two normal tracks. AIFTA is the important gains of the India’s “Look East” policy,and also in line with the interests of ASEAN. In addition,the China factor has an impact on AIFTA.
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