RCEP members to keep aiming for deal this year, with hopes India will rejoin
Ministers from 15 Asia-Pacific countries negotiating a sprawling free trade agreement agreed Tuesday to continue aiming for a deal by the end of the year, while keeping the door open for India to return to [...]
Member nations reaffirm signing of RCEP this year
SEOUL, June 23 (Yonhap) -- Trade ministers from 15 nations on Tuesday reaffirmed that a mega Asia-Pacific trade pact will be signed later this year, but India again skipped the negotiations, according to Seoul's trade [...]
Joint Media Statement of the 10th Regional Inter-sessional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting
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 [...]
RCEP deal may go down to the wire as key issues are yet to be resolved
Issues of market access and India’s demand to shift the base year for tariff cuts to 2019 are still unresolved RCEP is a proposed FTA among 10 member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations [...]
Why India should not become a part of RCEP
In reality, India’s foreign trade deficit woes continue unabated even today, thus leading to the desperation for quick remedial measures. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, isn’t what it appears to be. If India [...]
RCEP can be particularly beneficial for India, says report
The report by the High Level Advisory Group said India stands to benefit even more when the US and China are locked in a global trade war. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Less than a week before [...]
Parliament: RCEP successfully concludes 11 “working groups” – Ong Kian Ming
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 31 -- The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) has thus far successfully concluded 11 ‘working groups’ or chapters as of Sept this year, Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Dr Ong Kian [...]
Special ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting on RCEP
Special ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting on RCEP On 22 June 2019, H.E. Ms. Chutima Bunyapraphasara, Deputy Minister of Commerce, attended the Special ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting on RCEP to discuss provisions under the RCEP agreement. [...]