This paper has explored the relative regional positions of China and India from a geo-economic perspective. The findings of this paper give rise to two important observations. First, comparing the findings from the export and import perspectives of China-East Asia trade, the core economic...

Development and transformation in the context of North East India (NE) is a serious issue. Interested people often used to ask why North East India is lagging behind the rest of the country. For some development thinkers this laggardness of this region is an enigma, for some it is a dream, for...

This paper covers parts of Asia with very significant recent developments in intellectual property (IP) law. IP reform in the region was initially driven by the concerns of industrialised countries about the lack of IP protection in Asian ‘miracle' economies. More recently, it has become an...

With the shift in the centre of economic gravity towards Asia, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) of the ASEAN 6 countries has assumed a new meaning. The paper examines modalities of substantial trade coverage, sensitive list, and formulation of rules of origin with a...