Making FTAs Work

AND POLITICAL WEEKLYECONOMIC AND POLITICAL October 25, 2003 Making FTAs Work India has signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with Thailand, is set to sign one with the Association of South-East Asian Nations and one specifically with Singapore early next year. There is talk of yet more free trade agreements with China and Korea as well. This is to be welcomed. New Delhi must sew up the pending FTA with Bangladesh and other members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, including with Pakistan if that country is willing to stop fantasising about