Report of the Joint Study Group on the Feasibility of India-Indonesia ...
Report of the Joint Study Group on the Feasibility of India-Indonesia ...
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cooperati<strong>on</strong> include sharing <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> successful developmental experiences, capacity-building,<br />
people-to-people c<strong>on</strong>tacts, am<strong>on</strong>g o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rs. Specific areas <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ec<strong>on</strong>omic cooperati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> mutual<br />
interest which both <strong>India</strong> and Ind<strong>on</strong>esia can exploit and foster closer collaborati<strong>on</strong>s include<br />
energy (oil and gas explorati<strong>on</strong>), power, agriculture and fisheries, forestry, human resource<br />
development, transportati<strong>on</strong>, SEZs, mining, visa and work permits etc.<br />
8. In a nutshell, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> study dem<strong>on</strong>strates that significant ec<strong>on</strong>omic complementarities<br />
exist between <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>India</strong>n and Ind<strong>on</strong>esia ec<strong>on</strong>omies and evolving bilateral CECA has immense<br />
potential for trade and welfare gains that could be fur<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r enhanced by including services’<br />
trade and fostering investment cooperati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
9. The CECA should be built <strong>on</strong>, and should go bey<strong>on</strong>d <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> agreement reached under,<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> ASEAN-<strong>India</strong> Free Trade Agreement.<br />
10. To this end, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> JSG recommends launching <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> negotiati<strong>on</strong>s between <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> two<br />
countries <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> proposed CECA by c<strong>on</strong>stituting a Trade Negotiating Committee (TNC)<br />
covering substantially all trade in goods and services; investment; trade facilitati<strong>on</strong>; and o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r<br />
areas <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ec<strong>on</strong>omic cooperati<strong>on</strong>, as a ‘single undertaking’.