Table 1 Labelling for topic classification and sentiment
From: Free trade as domestic, economic, and strategic issues: a big data analytics approach
No. | Tweets | Label | Sentiment |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | #RCEP proposals threaten affordable meds from India | Domestic | Negative |
2 | PM Modi’s decision not to join #RCEP is an admission that even the prospect of joining a massive regional trade agreement isn't incentive enough for New Delhi to launch deep economic reforms, says Mihir S. Sharma: https://t.co/urhKYuGWQr | Domestic | Negative |
3 | RT FollowCII: in #RCEP, Indian Industry must identify its interests, investments in member countries and prepare well. We can calibrate our liberalization and demand market access ~ Sudhanshu Pandey, Additional Secretary, DoC_GoI at #CIIinteraction | Domestic | Positive |
4 | RT FollowCII: PMOIndia PiyushGoyal DoC_GoI PIB_India PTI_News DIPPGOI PiyushGoyalOffc A lot of focus has to be on enhancing competitiveness of #India & Indian Industry in the context of #RCEP & other trade agreements that India may need to enter into in the near future. ~ Sa… | Domestic | Positive |
5 | #IndiaAbroad: Japan on Sunday gave clear indications that efforts were on to make India join the ambitious Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). #RCEP #Japan #India #NarendraModi @narendramodi https://t.co/naTNU2hCUK | Strategic | Positive |
6 | #2020: Pres #XiJinping’s visit to Myanmar ushered in a new era for bilateral ties. #RCEP was signed. Premier #LiKeqiang attended the leaders’ meetings for East Asian cooperation. China and #ASEAN marked a historic milestone of becoming each other’s largest trading partners | Strategic | Positive |
7 | India’s decision on #RCEP reflects its assessment on current global situation and fairness of agreement: MEA READ: https://t.co/v1LoEkqGvDhttps://t.co/v9f8Fjg34d | Strategic | Negative |
8 | The biggest concern of India with RCEP at this juncture is not merely the economic reasons, but more geopolitical: the existence of China. This is something that other nations in the #RCEP also need to ponder upon, contends Nilanjan Ghosh: https://t.co/1yOI4yfsIW | Strategic | Negative |
9 | After the signing of the agreement in 2020, the Chinese market will provide more opportunities to RCEP countries. #Globalization #RCEP https://t.co/zDsyFP8Pe7https://t.co/jnjElKGpR3 | Economics | Positive |
10 | #ExpressExplained | trade typically enhances wellbeing across the world by forcing countries to do what they can do most efficiently and procure (import) from the rest of the world what they cannot produce efficiently. So, why did India back out of #RCEP? https://t.co/vQzQ4JYKIN | Economics | Positive |
11 | #MCopinion | a national consensus is evolving that FTAs affect domestic manufacturing, cause increase in imports, cripple the ‘Make in India’ scheme and have no significant impact on the investment scenario, says Arjun Raghavendra M. #RCEP #FTA @NITIAayog https://t.co/52eSW4OOZE | Economics | Negative |
12 | Those who advocate joining #RCEP on grounds of integration with global value chain should take note of this trade composition. Global or local, production value chains are not the homogenous string of production process, points out @Abhijit_M007: https://t.co/x8mpTwpYqe | Economics | Negative |