Angana Parashar Sarma

Ms. Angana Parashar Sarma is a Research Assistant at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). Prior to joining ICRIER, she was working as a Research Associate with a market research startup called Caleidoscope Knowledge Solutions, Delhi. At ICRIER, she has been working on projects related to startups, innovation, trade agreements, textiles, and apparel industry. Her research interests include international trade, economic development, energy, education, and behavioural economics. She has an M.A. in economics from Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi and a B.A. (Hons.) degree in economics from Sri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi.

Trade agreements and their impact on India’s apparel exports
Slow progress of the Doha Round of WTO negotiations has led to a proliferation of regional and bilateral trade agreements, and consequent increase in trade among their members. While India continues to be among the top apparel-exporting countries, its apparel exports have stagnated in recent years. In this post, Mukherjee, Sinha, Sarma, and Paul investigate the impact of trade agreements on India’s apparel trade.
