The Economic Partnership Between India and Taiwan in a Post-ECFA Ecosystem

90 Pages·2013·3.352 MB·English

by  Joe Thomas Karackattu (auth.)

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Joe Thomas Karackattu
The Economic
Partnership
Between India
and Taiwan in
a Post-ECFA
Ecosystem
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Acknowledgments
I am indebted to Prof. Tien Hung-Mao [President, Institute for National Policy
Research(INPR)Taiwan],Prof.LiuFu-Kuo(ResearchFellowandDivisionHead,
InstituteofInternationalRelations,NationalChengchiUniversity),Prof.Jenn-hwan
Wang (Director, Center for China Studies, National Chengchi University), Prof.
David Huang (Academia Sinica), and Kristy Hsu [Chung-Hua Institution for
EconomicResearch(CIER)]fortheirtime,attention,andkindnessduringmystayin
Taiwan.IamthankfultoDr.TsaiIng-Wen,formerChairpersonoftheDemocratic
ProgressiveParty(DPP),andherofficefortheirinsightfulcommentsonmyman-
uscript.IwouldalsoliketothankthefacultyandstudentsatNationalChungCheng
University (Chiayi), National Dong Hwa University (Hualien); National Chung
Hsing University (Taichung); National Cheng Kung University (Tainan) and
InstituteofInternationalRelations(IIR),NationalChengchiUniversity(NCCU)for
helpingmelookatIndiafromTaiwan.Ialsobenefitedfromattendingopen-forum
talksbyMr.PradeepRawat(DirectorGeneral,India–TaipeiAssociation;15March
2012)andMr.GautamBambawale,JointSecretary(EastAsia),MinistryofExternal
Affairs (MEA, India; 20 June 2012) at National Chengchi University, Taipei and
Dr.TsaiIng-wen,(talkheldattheIndiaInternationalCenter,20September2012,
NewDelhi).Unlessspecificallyattributed,theviewsinthisstudyaremine(asarethe
mistakes). Fieldwork for this study was made possible by the Taiwan Fellowship
2012award.
At the personal level, I am indebtedtoTiger Lin (Cathay United Bank), Junde
Yong (NCCU), Mumin Chen (National Chung Hsing University), Jessie Wang
(NCCUVisitingScholarsresidence)andlibrarystaffatIIR(YapingHu,Fanny,Ms.
ChenandMs.Lou)fortheirfriendshipandkindnesswhichkeptme‘‘athome’’in
Taipei,andtoAnuragElley,JituTamuli,andVarunJampanifornotlettingmefeel
‘‘away from home’’ in Taiwan. I am thankful to Mr. Narendra S. Sisodia (former
DirectorGeneral,IDSA)andtoProf.AlkaAcharya(Director,ICS)fortheirsupport,
and to Prof. Chin-Peng Chu [Minister, Research, Development and Evaluation
Commission (RDEC), Executive Yuan, ROC (Taiwan)] for his kindness to me. I
remain grateful to my colleagues at ICWA for their support and encouragement,
especiallyAmbRajivBhatia,DirectorGeneralofICWA.
I have been fortunate to have received unflinching support from my family. I
am grateful to Dad and Mom for their patience, love, and support through the
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pages of this study and the travels that took me away from home for this, and to
JerlineandAnna(LiuHuan)fortheirunderstandingandlove.Mostimportantly,I
thank my Jesus for being with me.
June 2013 Joe Thomas Karackattu, Ph.D.
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2 Taiwan’s Political and Economic Ecosystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.1 The Cross-Strait ECFA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.2 Anticipated Gains and Problem Areas for Taiwan. . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.3 Taiwan’s Decisive Moment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.4 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3 India and Taiwan in a Post-ECFA Ecosystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.1 Current State of Relations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.2 Areas of Fitment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.2.1 Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.2.2 Cultural Exchange and Inherent Economic
Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3.3 Policy Realignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4 Conclusion and Future Directions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Appendix I: Scope of Coverage of Goods and Services in the ECFA
Early Harvest Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Appendix II: Political Attitude Trend Distribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Appendix III: Search Criteria ‘Taiwan’ in commerce.nic.in
[Screenshot as on 29 June 2012]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
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Appendix IV: Search Criteria ‘Taiwan’ in meaindia.nic.in
[Screenshot as on 30 June 2012]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Appendix V: Annual Plan (IT) 2011–12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Appendix VI: Procurement Policy Under Government Notification
Relating to Electronic Goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Appendix VII: Taiwan as Complainant at the WTO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Online Source (Government and Press) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87