The India-GCC Partnership: Post-Pandemic Trade Cooperation and Economic Recovery

This edition of the Arabian Sea Dialogues hosted by ORF and Arab Planning Institute seeks to explore ways to revive the GCC-India FTA (Free Trade Agreement) that will mutually benefit both parties. The FTA would increase the flow of goods, which would, in turn, encourage investment. Reopening talks of the FTA, would pave the way for post-COVID-19 economic recovery for India and the GCC countries.

Post-COVID Economic Challenges and Opportunities

What are the existing economic challenges for post-pandemic recovery, and how to nurture the emerging green shoots of the economy?

What is the role of the government, institutions and private sector in post-pandemic recovery?

How can Indian and GCC businesses, professionals, entrepreneurs and workforce in each other’s countries be made resilient to future global shocks?

Examining India-GCC FTA and Other Trade and Investment Opportunities

How to resolve the challenges facing the India-GCC FTA?

What is the role of digitalisation, renewable energy, technologies, and commodities in trade negotiations and in achieving regional green transition?

How can the trade be made resilient to minimise disruptions in regional supply chains from future global shocks?

Opening Remarks

Belkacem Labaas
Arabian Planning Institute, Kuwait

Navdeep Suri
Distinguished Fellow, ORF

Panelists

Ila Patnaik
Professor, National Institute for Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi

Abdulaziz Sager

Chairman, Gulf Research Centre, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Jhanvi Tripathi
Associate Fellow, ORF

Hasan Alhasan
Research Fellow for Middle East Policy, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Bahrain

Moderator

Maya Mirchandani
Senior Fellow, ORF
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