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RCEP
Negotiators meeting in Auckland, New Zealand, continued their efforts to finalise talks this year for a Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
A new era of openness? RCEP ‘stakeholder’ process just ticks the box
Secretive negotiations for the China-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership or RCEP began in November 2012. The 13th round is being held at SkyCity in Auckland.
We call on countries negotiating the RCEP agreement and to protect the flexibilities available under the WTO TRIPS agreement for Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
India, looking to wrap up free trade talks with the European Union and Australia, may now have to give more concessions.
The RCEP is a mega trade deal which aims to cover goods, services, investments, economic and technical cooperation
Govt may come under pressure to raise tariff liberalization plan in next round of talks in Auckland next month.
A high-level panel hosted by India discusses the issues of trade deals that inhibit access to medicines and also limit policy space for governments to legislate in public interest.
The Ministry of Commerce must be cautious of Free Trade Agreements being negotiated with the European Union as well as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership that further strengthen or extend intellectual property (IP) monopolies.
According to the latest leaked draft of the RCEP agreement, the negotiating countries fall into two camps when it comes to legal rights over biodiversity and traditional knowledge useful for food production and medicine.
