6. GSTP
CONFERENC
ES
2009
SAO PAULO
MADE B/W 22
MEMBERS OF GSTP
OVER TARIFF CUTS
1989
FIRST ROUND
1991-1998
SECOND ROUND
28 COUNTRIES
EXCHANGED
CONCESSIONS,BUT
NOT IMPLEMENTED
8. GSTP- Why it was formed ?
Countries whose economies
were affected by “cold war” &
polarisation of power between
RUSSIA & AMERICA Came
together as an union so that
could be heard in “UN”
To develop economic co-
operation among developing
countries & LDCs
To promote and sustain mutual
trade
• Countries were unhappy with
“GATT-general agreement on
tariff & trade”-1960s
• The developing countries then
formed “UNCTAD”-1964
• This later formed “GSTP”- 1988
• Major members were from G-77
countries
9. TRADE BENEFITS due to
GSTP
COMBINED GDP OF COUNTRIES
THAT SIGNED “GSTP
AGREEMENT” $6.4 TRILLION
IF GSTP COUNTRIES CUTS
TARIFFS BY 20% ON ALL
PRODUCTS WOULD GENERATE
GAIN AMONG PARTICIPATING
COUNTRIES BY $7.7 BILLION
MEANS AN INCREASE IN GDP OF
INDIA BY 0.12%
THE 22 GSTP SIGNATORIES
GREW AT AN AVERAGE OF
4.2% IN 2008.
TRADE BETWEEEN THESE 42
COUNTRIES NEARLY “TWO
TRILLION DOLLARS”
INDIA UNILATERALLY OFFERED
A TARIFF REDUCTION OF 25% ON
77% OF ITS TARIFF LINES FOR
LDCs.
10. BENEFITS OF GSTP TO
INDIA
IT IS PREFERENTIAL,
FACILITATING MARKET OF
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
FROM DEVELOPED ECONOMY
AND CHINA
DOMESTIC MARKET IS
PROTECTTED FROM
COMPETITIVE EXPORTS BY
DEVELOPED ECONOMIES &
CHINA
ONLY 25% OF GSTP COUNTRY
IMPORTS COMES FROM GSTP
COUNTRIES AS SUCH THREE
QUARTERS OF THE IMPORT
REVENUE IS UNAFFECTED BY
THE DEAL,
GSTP THEREFORE PROVIDES
GREATER ACCESS TO FAST
GROWING MARKETS IN THE
WORLD.
IT STRENGTHENS INDIA’S
WELCOME!
11. BENEFITS FOR INDIA
ECONOMICAL
BIGGER MARKET
ACCESS
LESS COMPETITION
PREFERENCE OF
GOODS
POLITICAL
GOOD POLITICAL
RELATIONS
BETTER POLICIES AMONG
MEMBER COUNTRIES
DECREASED DISPUTES
MORE C0-OPERATION
INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS
PRESSURE ON
DEVELOPED
COUNTRIES &
ECONOMIES
SHIELDING FROM
EUROPEAN ,AMERICAN
& CHINESE MARKETS
CO-OPERATIONS WITH
LDCs & OTHER
DEVELOPING NATIONS
12. CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF GSTP for
INDIA
IF CLOSELY INSPECTED,THIS TRADING BLOCK IS OF
LESS SIGNIFICANCE TO INDIA CURRENTLY
IT WAS BENEFICIAL DURING 1988s & WHEN THE
DOMESTIC INDIAN MARKET WAS WEAK ON
PRODUCTION & INDUSTRIES
BUT,CURRENTLY INDIA IS A STRONG MARKET EVEN
BEING A DEVELOPING COUNTRY SO TRADING
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE “QUAD” GROUP is OF MAJOR
BENEFIT.
CURRENT GEOPOLITICS,INDIA’S DECISION TO NOT JOIN
“RCEP”-REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC
PARTNERSHIPS ,
INDIA’S DECISION TO JOIN “IPEF”-INDO PACIFIC
ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK,SHOWS ITS PROTECTIONIST
FOREIGN POLICY WHICH IT DOES TO PROTECT ITS
MARKET FROM CHINESE GOODS.
GSTP IS NOT MUCH BENEFICIAL FOR INDIA IN TERMS TO