Archive · 15 Aug 2025
India and ASEAN to Continue Trade Talks in October
India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are working to improve their trade agreement.
They met in August and will meet again in October in Jakarta.
The goal is to make it easier for India and ASEAN countries to trade.
This agreement is called AITIGA.
Trade between them is worth a lot of money, about $123 billion last year.
India also had a meeting with Singapore to boost trade and investment focusing on logistics, supply chains, and regulations.
Next round of India-ASEAN FTA review talks set for October in Jakarta.
Tenth round of review talks concluded in New Delhi in August.
Joint Committee aims to improve AITIGA agreement for businesses.
India-ASEAN trade reached USD 123 billion in 2024-25.
India and Singapore held talks to boost trade and investment.
- Who
- India and ASEAN.
- What
- Review talks for the India-ASEAN free trade agreement and India-Singapore trade and investment.
- When
- Next round in October 2025.
- Where
- Jakarta, Indonesia and New Delhi.
- Why
- To improve the AITIGA agreement and boost trade and investment
- Meeting Location
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- Next Meeting Date
- October 6-7, 2025
- Agreement
- AITIGA (Asean India trade in goods agreement)
- India-ASEAN Trade (2024-25)
- $123 billion
- India-Singapore Trade (2024-25)
- $34.26 billion
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Next round of India-Asean trade agreement review talks in Oct in Jakarta