India, ASEAN and the Quad / Amita BATRA
Channel: IRASEC
Date: 06/10/2021

India, ASEAN and the Quad
Amita BATRA, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi

The geography of the Indo Pacific remains fluid. The strategic dimension has, however, been developed through the four-member Quad. More significantly, the Quad has, during the pandemic, announced some concrete economic initiatives, specifically for supply chain resilience. These include the SCRI (Supply Chain Resilience Initiative) among three of its members that was announced in September, 2020 and a working group on technology innovation, announced in March 2021. India is a member of the Quad and the and its economic initiatives. India is also in the process of orienting its trade policy away from single source dependence for its imports. ASEAN, meanwhile is also seeking to strengthen supply chains through diversification and broader regional integration as well as through the RCEP. This presentation will examine these diverse economic elements and approaches towards making regional supply chains more resilient as the regional order evolves in the post pandemic period.
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Session 5 / Asia's Post-Pandemic Integration: What the Indo-Pacific Should Stand for?
Chair: Prof. Suthiphand CHIRATHIVAT, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok

The session will present and discuss challenging times of Asian integration caused by erosion of global economic order, lingering pandemic crisis and possible recovery, unpredictable trade frictions of major powers, and upcoming regionwide trade agreements of RCEP and CPTPP. The Indo-Pacific has added another dimensions to regional integration, with possible alliances and new ways/models for reimagining trade, investment, technology, and regional value chains. This session will deal with what this changing environment is meant for Asia, Asian integration and, in particular, ASEAN, in terms of policy preparedness and adjustment to be implemented.
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“Asia’s Post-Pandemic Order and Integration: Outlook of ASEAN and the Indo-Pacific at Crossroads” is an international conference organized by The Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia (IRASEC-CNRS) with the ASEAN Studies Center (Chulalongkorn University) in Bangkok, and the ASEAN-India Centre (AIC), RIS in New Delhi.
8-9 July 2021 - Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
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