Can India and South Asia Take Part in Factory Asia ? / Fukunari KIMURA

Asia’s Post-Pandemic Order and Integration : Outlook of ASEAN and the Indo-Pacific at Crossroads

Can India and South Asia Take Part in Factory Asia ?
Fukunari KIMURA, Faculty of Economics, Keio University, and Chief Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

The economic context of Indo-Pacific has not well developed yet due to a currently thin economic relationship between ASEAN/East Asia and India/South Asia in the international division of labor. India and South Asia have not participated in the East Asian task-by-task division of labor centered by machinery industries where the existing mega-FTA strategy may make a breakthrough for it. Talks on digital connectivity between India/South Asia and ASEAN/East Asia, which is necessary for the coming digital world, are not properly organized yet, either. To further strengthen Factory Asia, ASEAN/East Asia must extend its economic integration to India/South Asia.

 

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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