The lingering question regarding BIMSTEC is whether it too has the potential to generate high volume of regional trade – as well as whether its members have the trade volume, infrastructure, efficiency and political will to convert the regional opportunities into concrete results. Indeed, the potential is huge in several areas – fisheries, for instance – where the existing complementarities between members could be profitably exploited. However, BIMSTEC faces several unique structural and member-specific problems, which, if not tackled properly, may effectively block the group’s overall success.