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Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (ASEAN+6)

India changes tack on RCEP negotiations
13-Aug-2016 Madhyam
Last week, India abruptly changed tack by expressing its willingness to drop three-tiered approach on tariff liberalization under the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement.
RCEP - 9th meeting of Working Group on Trade in Services - Summary of discussion (Aug 2015)
11-Aug-2016
RCEP - Matrix of submission of elements for the RCEP Trade in Services text (2015)
11-Aug-2016
RCEP - Brief snapshots of countries’ initial offers (2015)
11-Aug-2016
RCEP - Investment chapter - Indonesia proposal on Prudential Measures (Aug 2015)
11-Aug-2016
RCEP - Telecommunications services - Korea proposal (Aug 2015)
11-Aug-2016
RCEP - Financial services - Submission by AU, JP and KO (Aug 2015)
11-Aug-2016
RCEP - Services - NZ initial sectoral request lists (Oct 2015)
11-Aug-2016
Requests to Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and Viet Nam, dated October 2015
RCEP services chapter: Risks for developing countries’ and LDCs’ policy space and regulatory sovereignty
11-Aug-2016 RCEP Legal
The leaked RCEP services chapter from August 2015 shows the non-ASEAN countries, especially Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan, have been very aggressive in their demands and insisted on new ways to bind the hands of governments in the future.
Free people from ‘dictatorship’ of 0.01%
10-Aug-2016 Deccan Chronicle
Through RCEP, Asian countries may be dragged into the TPP under pressure of harmonisation, especially on issues related to seed, warns Vandana Shiva
RCEP: Transparency in trade talks sought
10-Aug-2016 The Hindu
With India set to become a signatory to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, a new trade pact with 15 countries including China, experts and civil society organisations in Kerala have stepped up the demand for transparency in trade and tariff negotiations.
India’s new stance at RCEP may benefit China
9-Aug-2016 Live Mint
In a major shift in stance that may benefit China, India has agreed to provide similar tariff cuts to all Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement member countries with limited deviation.
RCEP members to finalise pact before year-end
9-Aug-2016 The Nation
The 16 member states of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) have agreed to finalise negotiations on the pact before the end of this year, while Asean will conduct a feasibility study for Asean-Eurasian free-trade talks.
Clause for evergreening of patents dropped from RCEP: Nirmala
8-Aug-2016 PTI
Provisions related to evergreening of patents in the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) was dropped after stiff opposition from India, Parliament was informed today.
Briefer on the RCEP – Robbing communities to extract profit
5-Aug-2016 APWLD
Similar to the TPP, this trade agreement will institutionalise inequalities;it will severely curtail peoples’ rights and freedoms and cement corporate rights over national public interest law and the right of governments to govern in the interests of their constituents.
RCEP Trade ministers to meet tmrw in Laos to review progress
5-Aug-2016 Business Standard
Trade ministers of 16 countries, including India, China and Japan will meet in Laos to review the progress and resolve issues holding back negotiations of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
India to defend stand against zero-tariffs at RCEP trade ministers’ meet
4-Aug-2016 The Hindu
Offers made to India by other members in services still weak.
Kerala will bleed if India negotiates trade deal in secrecy: Why can’t the Modi govt consult states?
4-Aug-2016 The News Minute
A letter written by Kerala’s Agriculture Minister VS Sunil Kumar shows that when it comes to trade negotiations, New Delhi prefers non-transparency to consultations.
Civil society groups say No to investors suing States in RCEP
3-Aug-2016
95 civil society organisations strongly and publicly urge countries negotiating the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership to reject ISDS in the agreement.
RCEP meet: focus on investor-state dispute
3-Aug-2016 Deccan Herald
RCEP trade ministers will meet in Laos on August 5 to try and resolve issues that are stuck in negotiations.