Since U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden’s visit to India in July 2013, many American voices have urged India to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma too recently said, while defending the policy of free trade agreements (FTAs), that India must integrate with the world, it cannot have a “wall around” itself. India’s relative disconnect from the global economy is evident in its low share in global trade – about 2.1% in 2012, less than a fifth of that of China.
India’s Trans-Pacific Challenge
EconoMonitor, a news and analysis website, republished an article written for Gateway House by Dan Steinbock on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. He argues whether the concessions India will need to make to join the TPP are in its interests