India, ASEAN hold hybrid trade talks at Vanijya Bhawan through July 10
India and ASEAN are holding a week of hybrid trade negotiation meetings at Vanijya Bhawan in New Delhi running through 10 July 2026.
India is hosting a week of ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) meetings at Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi, running from 6 to 10 July 2026 in a hybrid format, according to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The sessions are focused on reviewing progress under the ongoing AITIGA Review.
The centrepiece of the week was the 13th AITIGA Joint Committee meeting, held on 7 July 2026 and co-chaired by Shri Nitin Kumar Yadav, Additional Secretary in India’s Department of Commerce, and Ms. Mastura Ahmad Mustafa, Deputy Secretary General (Trade) at Malaysia’s Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry. Delegations from all ten ASEAN member states — Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam — participated.
Three of the Joint Committee’s eight Sub-Committees met on the sidelines: the Sub-Committee on Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation, the Sub-Committee on National Treatment and Market Access, and the Sub-Committee on Rules of Origin. The ministry said these meetings helped deepen cooperation and advance dialogue between India and ASEAN.
The Joint Committee directed the Sub-Committees to expedite finalisation of the outstanding chapters under the review, assigning time-bound deliverables to maintain momentum.
ASEAN accounts for around 11 per cent of India’s global trade, with bilateral trade between India and ASEAN reaching $128 billion in 2025-26, the ministry said.
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