Trade impact of SADC-India FTA on textiles and clothing sectors

摘要

Pluri-lateral trade agreements have been the topic of the hour in trade circles, since late 2000’s, though theyudhave been slowed down in recent trade policy developments in UK and USA. However, countries like Indiaudand African nations that have been left out of such mega deals have been considering striking deals amongudthemselves. In this paper, we examine the potential impact of India-SADC (South African DevelopmentudCommunity) FTA on these countries, especially focusing on their crucial Textiles and Clothing (T&C) sectors.udApart from the widely used GTAP framework, we also employ the Revealed Comparative Advantageud(RCA) analysis in conjunction with it, to draw implications on FTA impct on RCA, which is mostly positiveudas per our analysis. Otherwise, India stands to gain, while the SADC countries have mixed effects acrossudsectors, with an overall positive effects.