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  India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor The India Middle East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) is a transnational rail and shipping ro...

 India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor

  • The India Middle East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) is a transnational rail and shipping route spread across two continents, which the US says is expected to stimulate economic development through improved connectivity and economic integration between Asia, Arabian Gulf and Europe.

  • For the project, a MoU has been signed between Saudi Arabia, European Union, India, the UAE, France, Germany, Italy and the US.

  • The IMEC will include two separate corridors

  • The east corridor connecting India to the Arabian Gulf.

  • The northern corridor connecting the Arabian Gulf to Europe.

  • It will include railway projects, which upon completion will provide a reliable and cost-effective cross-border ship-to-rail transit network to supplement existing maritime and road transport routes enabling goods and services to transit between India, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel, and Europe.

Objectives behind this corridor

  • The objectives for IMEC include generating economic growth while incentivising new investments in the region. 

  • It aims to connect the two continents (Asia and Europe) with commercial hubs and facilitate development and export of clean energy, support existing trade and manufacturing synergies and strengthen food security and supply chains.

  • The project will also help link energy grids and telecommunication lines through undersea cables to expand access to electricity, Internet.

What are the benefits for India’s external trade?

  • The IMEC is expected to increase efficiencies, reduce costs, enhance economic unity, generate jobs, and lower greenhouse gas emissions.

  • The cross-border shipping and railways corridor will reduce logistics costs as well as boost trade in goods and services between the UAE, Saudi Arabia, India and Europe. 

  • For instance, the destination for India’s engineering exports are primarily the Middle East and Europe.  These exports will get a fillip.

  • This offers India the opportunity to create green hydrogen and green ammonia hubs near the coasts and supply the commodities via shipping and rail network to the Middle East and eventually Europe. 

  • Analysts project that the corridor will make India’s export deliverables more efficient and cost-effective thereby adding to their competitiveness.

Comparison with Belt & Road Initiative of China

  • In terms of objectives, both the mega transnational projects are similar. 

  • China’s New Silk Route is larger in terms of scale.

  • Announced in 2013, China has signed BRI cooperation documents with more than 150 countries and over 30 international organisations, galvanising nearly $1 trillion and creating over 3,000 projects. 

  • Even some of the IMEC MoU signatories are also part of BRI, such as Italy, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Though Italy has now decided to pull out of it.

  • Though the IMEC policy documents do not talk about the Belt and Road Initiative or China, the project parallels BRI.

Challenges in the implementation of IMEC

  • The first and foremost challenge is to create a firm plan to establish the corridor. 

  • At present, there are no financial commitments, which will be decided in about two months.

  • Laying a network of railway lines, roads and port connectivity across countries requires a high-level of coordination and planning. 

  • Besides, the corridor also passes through Jordan and Israel, which throws up geopolitical challenges, which would require a fine balance of economic and diplomatic manoeuvring.

  • The BRI, which is in its 10th year, has faced several challenges related with coordinating with countries, financial packages, geopolitics, diplomatic considerations, etc. The IMEC will also have its share of similar challenges.

  • Furthermore, apart from Italy, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are also part of the BRI. It would be worth watching how a balance is struck between the two commitments.

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