RCEP


TPP11 and RCEP compared: A side-by-side update
Chart reflects the TPP11 changes and the expansion of the agenda in RCEP.
White paper not real on rules
The conflict between ‘rules-based’ and ‘US-centred’ in Australia’s new foreign policy road map
Civil society commits to push back corporate power at 2017 ACSC/APF
The call “Southeast Asia is not for sale. We are not for sale!” echoed as hundreds marched to the historic People Power Monument along the Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue in Manila, Philippines.
Contentious issues still holding back RCEP mega trade deal
Some countries behind the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership still haven’t seen eye to eye on some contentious issues even after 20 rounds of negotiations held within the year.
Preferring RCEP to TPP? S. Korean government putting RCEP before TPP
The South Korean government is showing signs of putting the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership before the Trans-Pacific Partnership in free trade agreement strategy management.
Headway in services deal unlikely at RCEP summit
Countries in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) are against India’s push for liberalisation in services sectors.
RCEP trade agreement delayed till 2018
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership will not reach an agreement in 2017 while Japan signs deal with ASEAN covering services and investment.
CSOs take a stand against corporate agenda at ASEAN People’s Forum 2017
Civil society urges the ASEAN Member States to take people-centred approach.
11 nations agree in principle on TPP Pacific trade deal
After months of negotiation, the remaining 11 members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal have reached agreement on the trade pact in principle on the ministerial level.
ASEAN economic integration by whom? for whom?
ASEAN member states must end policies, laws and institutional practices, including free trade and investment agreements that violate the people’s rights.