29-Apr-2021
South China Morning Post
Japan’s parliament approved joining the RCEP to aim for it to come into effect from the start of next year. The approval by Japan’s upper house comes after China called for the deal to be ratified to shore up the economy in the Asia-Pacific.
26-Apr-2021
Hellenic Shipping News
A joint initiative on promoting early implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement has been launched in the east China port city of Qingdao on April 25.
26-Apr-2021
The Manila Times
Pakistan’s Ambassador to the Philippines said he would push for the inclusion of Pakistan in the RCEP to boost trade with the Philippines and other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
12-Apr-2021
Hellenic Shipping News
Singapore ratified the RCEP agreement on Friday, becoming the first participating country to do so in a multi-nation trade pact that brings together the 10 ASEAN economies as well as Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea.
5-Apr-2021
Phnom Penh Post
Four months after RCEP was signed, a study surfaces, with gloomy trade data, portending a shaky future for the Kingdom and ASEAN as a whole
30-Mar-2021
Phnom Penh Post
Cambodia’s trade balance is expected to worsen by $2.3 billion per annum or around 17 per cent due to the recently-signed RCEP, startling data from a joint study led by Dr Rashmi Banga of the UNCTAD revealed.
29-Mar-2021
The Malaysian Reserve
Malaysia is looking towards ratifying the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement by the end of this year, the International Trade and Industry Ministry (MITI) deputy secretary-general (Industry) Datuk Seri Norazman Ayob said.
26-Mar-2021
The Malaysian Reserve
Malaysia’s goods trade balance will decline by 36% or US$4 billion (RM16.4 billion) per annum, post the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), according to a report by the Global Development Policy Centre of Boston University.
26-Mar-2021
East Asia Forum
There are several sticking points for new entrants into the CPTPP, especially China.
8-Mar-2021
East Asia Forum
Having secured free trade agreements (FTAs) with almost all key trading partners, Australia is honing in on a long elusive but lucrative market — India. Tensions with China, the need to find new sources of economic growth and government policy to diversify trading partners are pushing Australia into India’s arms.