RCEP
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31-Jul-2019 Business Today
Piyush Goyal not attending RCEP Beijing meet
The commerce and industries minister Piyush Goyal will not take part in the RCEP Intersessional Ministerial meeting at Beijing.
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30-Jul-2019 The Scoop
Australia says ‘long way to go’ to reach RCEP deal
Australia has cast doubt on whether the 16 countries that make up the RCEP will be able to thrash out a deal by year’s end, with disagreements between China and India undercutting talks in recent months.
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29-Jul-2019 The Hindu
India should ensure Industry’s support to RCEP deal: Australian envoy
Making a push for India, Australia’s High Commissioner, Harinder Sidhu says political will to conclude the deal must be matched with persuading Indian industry.
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26-Jul-2019 BusinessLine
Paper industry frets as India gears up for RCEP talks
Keep paper, paperboard in negative list, says industry body.
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26-Jul-2019 BusinessLine
RCEP negotiations: Tea sector seeks protection from tariff cuts
As industry grapples with surplus production, reduction of import duties will create havoc.
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24-Jul-2019 BusinessLine
RCEP talks: Threat of imports worries dairy players
Co-ops, private dairies oppose freely opening Indian markets to global dairy producers.
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23-Jul-2019 BusinessLine
Industry inputs sought as India readies strategy for RCEP talks in China this week
The Commerce Ministry is holding a series of meetings with various industry associations on tariff elimination under the proposed 16-member Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership pact.
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22-Jul-2019 BusinessLine
China promises greater market access to India if it improves RCEP offer
But New Delhi is still undecided on its tariff-elimination commitments.
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22-Jul-2019 South China Morning Post
Can China’s trade boost with Asean help get the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership over the line?
The success of the ASEAN-China FTA in helping to boost business amid Beijing’s tariff dispute with the US bodes well for the upcoming talks on the creation of a RCEP.
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18-Jul-2019 The Diplomat
Trade in trouble: how Asia can lead
The US - China trade dispute has disrupted trade and investment flows, stifling global and regional trade growth.
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18-Jul-2019 The Print
RCEP trade pact in India’s interest as it gives access to Chinese market, Australia says
New Delhi should embrace the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to have effective access to the Chinese market that it is now lacking, the Australian High Commissioner to India Harinder Sidhu told ThePrint Tuesday.
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18-Jul-2019 Amigos de la Tierra
Las grandes empresas han ‘secuestrado la justicia’
El acuerdo de Asociación Económica Integral Regional socavaría las normas de protección del medioambiente en Asia.
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15-Jul-2019 The Economic Times
Hopeful of addressing India’s concerns in RCEP: Indonesian Trade Minister
The ASEAN troika led by Indonesia had a “fruitful” and “very frank” dialogue with India on the RCEP and efforts are on to address Delhi’s concerns ahead of a meeting on the proposed trade agreement in China.
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12-Jul-2019 Washington Times
Trump’s ’America First’ policy driving other countries to ink trade deals, analysts say
Europe, Asia, Africa rush to nail down accords
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12-Jul-2019 GRAIN
RCEP trade deal will intensify land grabbing in Asia
The RCEP mega-trade agreement if adopted will change how governments decide on rights to land and who has access to it. Therefore, it has the potential to increase land grabbing across Asia – already a huge problem in this region.
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10-Jul-2019 Global Times
Exports, not barriers, can help India cut trade gap
Trade tensions with the US and a trade deficit with China are two major pressures faced by India.
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10-Jul-2019 Friends of the Earth International
Les multinationales ont ‘récupéré la justice’
Le Partenariat économique régional global saperait les protections écologiques en Asie.
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9-Jul-2019 Devex
Civil society criticizes secretive Asia-Pacific free trade negotiations
CSOs and other observers of the trade agreement have needed to rely on leaked 2015 documents to get a picture of what was on the table for discussion and whether there were protections offered to vulnerable communities and the environment.
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9-Jul-2019 The Ecologist
Corporations have ’hijacked justice’
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership trade deal would undermine environmental protections in Asia.
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5-Jul-2019 GRAIN
Le secteur laitier indien menacé par de nouveaux accords commerciaux
Plusieurs nouveaux accords commerciaux qui répondent aux intérêts des multinationales, tels que le Partenariat économique global régional (RCEP) ou les accords proposés avec l’Europe, risquent de modifier radicalement le paysage agricole et d’éliminer les petits producteurs laitiers indiens.
