↗ India’s absence from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership raises concerns over its economic participation and regional leadership in the Indo-Pacific

↗ The changing nature of economic growth, as well as power competition, mean that mechanisms beyond traditional trade policy will govern the Indo-Pacific

↗ India can leverage its strong relationship with Japan to help shape an open, transparent and diversified Indo-Pacific economy

↗ India and Japan should advance an economic agenda to the benefit of the region, such as revitalising a re-imagined AAGC, accelerating infrastructure cooperation, and creating supply chain alternatives

↗ Shared membership in a number of emerging minilateral groupings enhances the potential for the India-Japan partnership to become an economic anchor in the region