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RCEP

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (ASEAN+6)

India offering ’far deeper’ proposals in RCEP: Commerce Secretary
27-Mar-2017 Press Trust of India
Commerce Secretary Rita Teaotia also said India will give more concessions in RCEP than any other country will do.
Japanese ambassador cautions versus haste in concluding RCEP
24-Mar-2017 Manila Bulletin
Japan cautioned against haste in the conclusion of the proposed RCEP stressing “substance is more important than timing.”
Head of Asia trade talks warns against adding elements of Trump-derailed TPP into new pact
23-Mar-2017 Bloomberg
The chief negotiator of RCEP expressed hope that talks can be concluded this year if member nations refrain from introducing elements of the TPP
RCEP - draft chapter on trade in services (Dec 2016)
22-Mar-2017 KEI
As leaked by KEI
RCEP - draft chapter on competition (Dec 2016)
22-Mar-2017 KEI
As leaked by KEI
RCEP - draft chapter on investment: temporary safeguard measures (Dec 2016)
22-Mar-2017 KEI
As leaked by KEI
PM Hun Sen: Cambodia boosting negotiations for creation of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
21-Mar-2017 Agence Kampuchea Presse
Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen has affirmed that Cambodia is playing an active role in boosting the negotiations on RCEP
How far can the RCEP ship sail?
21-Mar-2017 Myanmar Times
Pressure on RCEP to emulate the ’gold standard’ TPP agreement on the occasion of 50th anniversary of ASEAN
China cites Philippines’ key role in China-led RCEP
20-Mar-2017 ABS-CBN News
China says the Philippines will play a key role in a proposed regional free trade agreement led by China.
RCEP to give Philippines better market access than existing trade deals
17-Mar-2017 Business Mirror
ADB advisor Ganeshan Wignaraja said the Philippines must implement domestic reforms to make it more competitive should the RCEP be signed.
China lays foundations for Eurasian free trade after TPP failure
16-Mar-2017 China Briefing
The demise of the TPP and the recent politicizing of trade have made China rethink what it really wants from free trade agreements (FTAs).
Anti-TPP protesters clash with riot police in Chile
15-Mar-2017 Tele Sur
Riot police clashed with protesters in Viña Del Mar, where representatives of the 11 remaining member states of the Trans Pacific Partnership together with China, Colombia and South Korea met.
Mustapa: RCEP is next best option to junked TPPA
15-Mar-2017 The Star
International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said Malaysia is not keen to salvage the TPPA with the other 10 nations after the United States pulled out of the trade pact.
As ministers meet on scrapped Pacific trade deal, decisions elusive
15-Mar-2017 Reuters
Ministers and officials representing the 12 countries of the failed Trans-Pacific Partnership, plus China and South Korea, began talks in Chile, but any concrete decision on how a new trade pact might look seemed far off.
Chileans protest bid to revive embattled TPP after Trump’s exit
15-Mar-2017 Tele Sur
Activists have a message for trade ministers meeting in Chile: the TPP is dead.
Asean members reaffirm 90 per cent tariff cuts under RCEP
14-Mar-2017 Bangkok Post
ASEAN members are holding to their vow to cut import tariffs on 90 per cent of products under RCEP
China says Chile Pacific trade meeting not about TPP
13-Mar-2017 Reuters
China said that a meeting in Chile to discuss a possible regional Pacific trade deal is not strictly about the languishing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), as China tries to distance itself from one-time U.S.-led trade pact.
ASEAN economic ministers eye RCEP to shape trade and economic liberation in Asia
13-Mar-2017 Xinhua
ASEAN ministers agree to push to achieve considerable progress on the the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
Paths open to new Pacific trade pact, post-TPP: Chile trade head
10-Mar-2017 Reuters
Countries that signed up for the failed trade pact known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will meet in Chile, seeking a way forward on a possible future regional deal
RCEP: Members want India to reciprocate their tariff reduction offer
9-Mar-2017 Business Standard
India is under pressure to update its offers on tariff reduction on goods and services trade before the next meet.