ASEAN alongside Australia, China, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand gathered in Vientiane on 22 September 2024 for the Third RCEP Ministers’ Meeting. The Meeting was co-chaired by Mr. Djatmiko Bris Witjaksono, Director General of International Trade Negotiations, Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia and H.E. Li Fei, Vice Minister of Commerce of China. […]

ASEAN alongside Australia, China, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand gathered in Semarang on 21 August 2023 for the Second RCEP Ministers’ Meeting. The Meeting was co-chaired by H.E. Zulkifli Hasan, Minister of Trade of Indonesia and the Hon Tim Watts MP, Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs, Australia. The Meeting welcomed the entry into force of […]

The global economic recovery continues to be fragile as COVID-19 remains to be an ongoing concern. With the joint efforts of ASEAN and China, trade and economic cooperation between the two sides maintained good momentum, showing strong resilience and potential. Merchandise trade and investment further expanded.: According to ASEAN’s statistics, in 2021, trade volume between […]

We, the Heads of State/Government of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) – Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam – Australia, China, Japan, Korea and New Zealand, met virtually on 15 November 2020, on the occasion of the 4th RCEP Summit. […]

1. We, the Economic Ministers of the ASEAN Member States, Australia, China, Japan, Korea and New Zealand met on 27 August 2020 for the 8th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Tran Tuan Anh, Minister of Industry and Trade of Viet Nam, in collaboration with Mr. Vangelis Vitalis, […]

1. We, the Ministers of State/Government of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Australia, China, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand, gathered on 23 June 2020 on the occasion of the virtual 10th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Inter-sessional Ministerial Meeting. 2. We acknowledged that the COVID-19 pandemic constitutes an […]

We, the Heads of State/Government of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand, gathered on 4 November 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand, on the occasion of the 3rd RCEP Summit. We recalled our Joint Declaration on the Launch of Negotiations for the RCEP […]