RCEP


DTI still hopeful for RCEP concurrence this month
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) remains hopeful that the Senate will concur with the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the Asean-led free trade deal with its five free trade partners, this month.
Farmer union rep vows Indian people will resist FTAs
Interview with Vijoo Krishnan, joint secretary of All India Kisan Sabha (or All India Peasants Union) regarding current India FTAs negotiations.
What is IPEF, and will it help the US counter China’s influence in the Asia-Pacific?
The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework seeks to establish trade rules and is widely seen as an effort by the US to counter China’s influence in the Asia-Pacific region.
Government likely to miss RCEP ratification target in Q1
Indonesia is likely to close its first quarter this year without ratifying the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), costing businesses and further delaying its economy from benefiting from the world’s largest free trade agreement.
World's largest trade deal RCEP comes into effect in Malaysia
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world's largest trade deal so far, came into effect in Malaysia from 18 March 2022.
Hong Kong applies to join RCEP trade agreement
Hong Kong has submitted an application to join the 15-member Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement, the government said.
PH censures Myanmar, rejects its ratification of RCEP free trade pact
After New Zealand notified it would not recognize Myanmar’s “instrument of ratification” of the RCEP because it opposes its military-led government, the Philippines will reject Myanmar's instrument of ratification as well.
Philippines follows suit after NZ rejects Myanmar's inclusion in world's largest trade pact
Philippines Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jnr told his Southeast Asian counterparts in a Thursday meeting in Cambodia that the Philippines would not accept Myanmar’s accession to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a 15-nation free trade agreement that went into effect January 1.
China to further open services sector
China's commitments under RCEP will will usher in a new era of liberalization in the country's services industry.
RCEP deferment: An opportunity to re-think trade policy
The Senate bowed to the wishes of over 100 peasant organizations and 200 mayors of municipalities engaged in organic farm production. The senators deferred to May the chamber’s decision on whether to ratify or not the RCEP.