All 10 ASEAN nations join India for trade pact review talks in Delhi

Delegations from all ten ASEAN member states — Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam — joined India for the 13th ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) Joint Committee meeting, held on 7 July 2026 at Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi.

The meeting was part of a wider set of sessions running from 6 to 10 July 2026 in a hybrid format, aimed at reviewing progress on negotiations under the AITIGA Review. It was co-chaired by Shri Nitin Kumar Yadav, Additional Secretary in India’s Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and Ms. Mastura Ahmad Mustafa, Deputy Secretary General (Trade) at Malaysia’s Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry.

On the sidelines, three of the AITIGA Joint Committee’s eight Sub-Committees held their own meetings: 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 of Commerce and Industry said these sessions helped deepen cooperation and advance dialogue between India and ASEAN.

The Joint Committee directed the Sub-Committees to expedite finalisation of outstanding chapters under the review and set time-bound deliverables to sustain the momentum of negotiations.

ASEAN remains one of India’s key trading partners, accounting for around 11 per cent of India’s global trade, with bilateral trade between the two sides reaching $128 billion in 2025-26.