Soham Sinha

Mr. Soham Sinha is a Research Assistant at ICRIER (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations). He has a M.Sc. in economics from the London School of Economics (LSE), and a B.Sc. in economics from the University of Manchester. At ICRIER, he is working on projects related to trade, subsidies, and WTO related compliance issues affecting competitiveness of Indian exports. He is also working on a project which aims to improve India’s Ease of Doing Business Index ranking through streamlining the food import process in India. His research interests include health economics, development economics, and international trade.

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.
