Related Keywords: after twelve economies signed TPP deal, alternative trade bloc, backed on export focus, China, improve access to Asian markets, India stepping efforts, Make in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, RCEP agreement, reach deal centered on China, World Trade Organization
Now, after 12 advanced economies accounting for 40 percent of the global economy signed a TPP deal, India's trade negotiators feel they need to get a move on. India is stepping up efforts to reach agreement with an alternative trade bloc centered on China and hopes to reach a deal this year.
New Delhi has long been seen by many countries as an intransigent player at the World Trade Organization (WTO), a multilateral forum that has struggled to find the consensus it needs to move forward.
