Priority Areas of Cooperation
Under the Framework Agreement, ASEAN and India prioritise the following areas:
- Trade Facilitation:
- Mutual Recognition Arrangements, conformity assessment, accreditation procedures,and standards and technical regulations;
- non-tariff measures;
- customs cooperation;
- trade financing; and
- business visa and travel facilitation.
- Sectors of Cooperation:
- agriculture, fisheries and forestry;
- services: media and entertainment, health, financial, tourism, construction, business process outsourcing, environmental;
- mining and energy: oil and natural gas, power generation and supply;
- science and technology: information and communications technology, electronic commerce, biotechnology;
- transport and infrastructure: transport and communication;
- manufacturing: automotive, drugs and pharmaceuticals, textiles, petrochemicals, garments, food processing, leather goods, light engineering goods, gems and jewellery processing;
- human resource development: capacity building, education, technology transfer; and others: handicrafts, small and medium enterprises, competition policy, Mekong Basin Development, intellectual property rights, government procurement.
- Trade and Investment Promotion:
- fairs and exhibitions;
- ASEAN-India weblinks; and
- business sector dialogues.
