India’s Foreign Economic Policy

Professor Chaisse is an award-winning specialist in international economic law with particular expertise in the regulation and economics of foreign investment. His research also covers other relevant fields, such as WTO law, international taxation and the law of natural resources. Before joining the CUHK Law Faculty in 2009, Prof. Chaisse served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France (Embassy of France in India, New Delhi), and started his academic career in Europe. He is a frequent guest lecturer at prestigious universities around the world. Prof. Chaisse has authored a broad body of well-regarded and widely-cited articles on topics ranging from the rise of sovereign wealth funds, the regulation of foreign investment, and decision-making challenges facing the WTO, which have been published in the top refereed journals of international law. In recognition of his outstanding scholarly achievements, Prof. Chaisse received the CUHK Research Excellence Award in 2012, and was appointed Director of the Center for Financial Regulation and Economic Development in 2013. Professor Chakraborty is an economist focusing on empirical issues in international trade and environmental sustainability. His research interests also include WTO negotiations, climate change concerns, economic diplomacy and development economics. He has extensively published his research on these themes in top refereed journals in the discipline of economics, international law and area studies, and in book form. He is currently Associate Editor of Foreign Trade Review. Prior to joining the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade Professor Chakraborty was associated for five years with the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, a leading think tank in New Delhi. Professor Chakraborty has presented his research in various academic and policy forums in India and abroad and is a regularly invited guest speaker at prestigious institutions.

• Introduction: Down the Globalization Lane: An Indian OdysseyPart I – Trade, Institutions, Policies and PoliticsChapter 1: What has influenced India’s Trade Policies? Analyzing the Role of External and Internal FactorsChapter 2: The Doha Round of WTO and India: Skeptical Backbencher to Confident Player? Chapter 3: Saying No to Piracy: Commitments, Achievements and Concern Areas on Intellectual Property FrontChapter 4: Anti-Dumping, Countervailing Measures, Safeguard Actions and Indian Experience: Are Contingency Measures replacing the Core Provisions?Chapter 5: Indian participation in the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism: Lessons for the FutureChapter 6: Transparency of India trade policy: the TPRMPart II – Service, Investment and Concern AreasChapter 7: Has India been unduly defensive at WTO Services and Investment Negotiations? The Ground RealtiesChapter 8: The growing Importance of Investment Concerns in recent Indo-Centric Comprehensive Agreements: Looking through the Concluded Discussions and Ongoing NegotiationChapter 9: All Quiet on the Investment Front? Mapping the International Investment Disputes against IndiaPart III – Evolving Issues in Trade PolicyChapter 10: What lies beneath? Understanding the Focus of India’s Preferential Trade Policy in recent timesChapter 11: India’s Integration Experience with Factory Asia: Will the Infrastructure Diplomacy pay Dividends?Chapter 12: Leveraging Trade Collaborations to Bargaining Coalitions at WTO: The Indian ExperiencePart IV – Financial and Monetary IssuesChapter 13: India's Growing Foreign Exchange Reserve: Issues for the FutureChapter 14: Should India Create a Sovereign Wealth Fund of its own? Weighing the OptionsConclusion: The Indian Trade Path: A Brighter Tomorrow?