India’s Resurgent Foreign Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa

Mullen, Rani D.

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“…Bestbier (2016) while studying non-tariff barriers (NTBs) in South Africa found that India restricted South Africa’s apples imports through 40 per cent import duty. Mullen and Arora (2016) studied the India–Africa trade over the period 2009–15 and discussed the achievements of IAFS and recent developmental programmes. Dubey and Biswas (2016) argued empirically that India was a bigger player than Africa and explained that India’s regular involvement offers economic development to Africa.…”

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Why NTM is a Challenge in Trade Relations? Evidence from India–Africa Agricultural Trade

Kumar

Bharti

2020

Insight on Africa

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India and Africa have experienced the rapid expansion of bilateral trade during the last two decades. The India–Africa trade is understudied in general and in the agriculture sector. Very few considerable efforts have been made to study the agro-trade restrictions between both the economies. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to empirically identify the recent evidence of non-tariff measures (NTMs) imposed on the agro-products between India and Africa, which also work as non-tariff barriers. It is perceived that India being one of the frequent users of NTMs in the world poses many challenges for its trading partners. Based on the Revealed Trade Barrier (RTB) index, using 28 agro-products (HS-4 digit level), this paper assesses bilateral agro-trade barriers. The frequency index ( Fi) and coverage ratio ( Cr) were used to analyse the complex nature of NTMs. The study findings show that both trading partners imposed a wide range of NTMs on each other’s agro-products, which resulted in the discriminatory effects on trade. Comparatively, India has imposed the lesser number of NTMs on Africa’s agro-products. Despite the recent bilateral trade agreements between both the economies, trade barriers were frequently noticed. The paper suggests applying strategic trade policies and reduction of NTMs along with harmonisation of standards to flourish the bilateral agro-trade.

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Why NTM is a Challenge in Trade Relations? Evidence from India–Africa Agricultural Trade

Kumar

Bharti

2020

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“…21 economy that upholds the principles of private property and the rule of law; eliminating barriers to US trade and investment and not engaging in any activities that undermine US national security and foreign policy interests; having policies that combat bribery and corruption and protect worker's rights; and not engaging in any gross violations of internationallyrecognised human rights or supporting acts of terrorism. 22 At last count, there were 39 countries from the Sub-Sahara region which were part of AGOA.…”

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“…(The aggressive push to increase the export quota for bone-in chicken pieces to South Africa almost threatened the country's AGOA status. This is a very worrisome and insidious development for other African countries since 22 Mary Odongo, "The Africa Growth and Opportunity Act: Challenges and Opportunities", Occasional Paper 39, Nairobi Institute of Economic Affairs, November 2013. 23 Faizel Ismail, "The AGOA Extension and Enhancement Act of 2015: The SA-AGOA Negotiations and the Future of AGOA" in World Trade Review, no.…”

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Africa’s External Trade Relations: From Dependence to Agency?

Pere¹,

Garth²

2019

Studia UBB Europaea

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Africa's development and growth challenges will increasingly be shaped by Agenda 2063 and the African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) as new continental blueprints for integration. These challenging blueprints must also be situated in the role and shifting interests of Africa's external trade and development partners. This relates particularly to its historically-defined engagements with the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) which have only served to reinforce and underscore Africa's marginality and dependence. These engagements are rendered more complex with the entry of China and India onto the African geo-political landscape, especially whether these two countries provide an alternate regime for trade and development cooperation that give African countries greater decisionmaking agency, policy space, and strategic choice. Given these shifting vectors, this article will assess Africa's trade relations with two of its most important traditional partners, the EU and the US; and with two of its most important emerging partners, China and India. These analytical portraits have direct implications for Africa's future industrial development and economic growth and the extent to which it can collectively move away from a history of external dependence to determining its own destiny.

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“…In the new millennium, developmental co-operation has remained in place. It is rather expanding in the changing era of India–Africa relations (Mullen & Arora, 2016). India’s economic reforms and subsequent economic growth have expanded India’s interests in Africa.…”

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India–Africa Oil Partnership in the New Millennium

Gurjar¹

2018

India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs

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The nature of relationship between India–Africa has been simultaneously asymmetric as well as complementary. It is reflected in Indo-African oil relationship. In this oil relationship, India and Africa gain and loose at different period of time depending on the global oil prices. Higher oil prices put India at a disadvantageous position, whereas lower oil prices are not beneficial for oil producing and exporting states of Africa. Over the years, India has built oil ties, among others, with Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan and Angola. By and large, Indo-African oil relations have witnessed a steady progress and gradual expansion in the new millennium. India’s quest for oil in Africa faces difficult challenge from China. In all likelihood, India’s rising oil demand and quest to diversify oil basket, geographically, will further strengthen the India–Africa oil relations.

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India’s Resurgent Foreign Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Why NTM is a Challenge in Trade Relations? Evidence from India–Africa Agricultural Trade

Why NTM is a Challenge in Trade Relations? Evidence from India–Africa Agricultural Trade

Africa’s External Trade Relations: From Dependence to Agency?

India–Africa Oil Partnership in the New Millennium

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