SOUTH ASIA: Regional Trade & Prosperity
Thursday, 29 May | 3pm UK | 7pm Pakistan | 7.30pm India & Sri Lanka | 7.45pm Nepal
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Amidst global developments (newly-introduced tariffs by the US; UK-India trade deal) regional geopolitics (India-Pakistan military tensions) and organisational paralysis (non-functional SAARC), is it possible to think about a regional trade strategy in South Asia? What could it look like, how would it be benefit individual countries, what economic muscle can it muster through mutually supportive trade agreements, and can it make South Asia an economic bloc on the global stage?
SPEAKERS: Dr Salamat Ali (@dr_salamatali) is a trade economist in the Commonwealth Secretariat, London, with research expertise on Pakistan; Dr Yurendra Basnett, an LSE alumnus, is a trade expert on Nepal, and is currently Principal Evaluation Specialist at Asian Development Bank, Manila; Dr Pankhuri Gaur (@GaurPankhuri) is Assistant Professor at Research and Information Systems for Developing Countries, New Delhi, with particular focus on India's trade relations; Dr Asanka Wijesinghe (@asanka_lka) is Research Fellow at Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, Colombo, and an expert on trade and regional integration.
DISCUSSANT: Dr Swati Dhingra (@swatdhingraLSE) is Associate Professor of Economics at LSE, an expert on regional trade/policy in South Asia, and currently an external member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).
CO-CHAIRS: Naufel Vilcassim is Director, LSE South Asia Centre (@SAsiaLSE) and Professor of Marketing at LSE; Dr Nilanjan Sarkar is Deputy Director, LSE South Asia Centre (@SAsiaLSE).
To attend this event, please register (free) by e-mailing southasiacentre@lse.ac.uk; the livestream link will be sent to all registered attendees on the day of the event.
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