India can make regional supply chain resilient for our region: Special Trade Advisor, Indonesia

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India is renegotiating its trade pact with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to address structural imbalances that have widened its trade deficit over the past decade. India-Indonesia bilateral trade surpassed $28 billion in FY25, making Indonesia India’s largest trading partner in the ASEAN region. In an interaction with The New Indian Express, Mari Elka Pangestu, Special Advisor for International Trade to the President of Indonesia, talks about Indonesia’s plans to enhance trade relations with India. Edited excerpts: The ASEAN-India free trade agreement has been under review for some time now. Many believe the deal has been asymmetrical in...