According to the work plan, the 9th Meeting of the AITIGA JC will take place from 19 to 20 June 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to continue discussions on the negotiation process for reviewing this agreement.

Photo: The 5th AITIGA-JC Meeting was held at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The AITIGA JC 9 will be attended by representatives from the 10 ASEAN member countries and India. At the same time, meetings of the Sub-Committees on National Treatment and Market Access, Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation, Standards, Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessment Procedures, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Legal and Institutional Issues, Economic and Technical Cooperation will also be conducted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) is part of the Framework Agreement between ASEAN and India on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation, which was signed on 13 August 2009 and entered into force on 1 January 2010. At the 19th ASEAN-India Economic Ministers' Consultation held on 16 September 2022 in Cambodia, the ASEAN Economic Ministers and India adopted the Scoping Paper for the AITIGA review and agreed to activate the AITIGA Joint Committee (JC) to carry out the process, in order to address implementation issues as well as review the AITIGA towards a more effective, simpler, user-friendly agreement that is more trade facilitative for businesses and is relevant to current global trade practices. 8 sub-committees have been established under the AITIGA Joint Committee to conduct negotiations on various areas related to the Agreement. Currently, India and ASEAN are aiming to substantially conclude the AITIGA review in 2025.

Source: Compiled by the Multilateral Trade Policy Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade of Viet Nam