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Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (ASEAN+6)

India may provide most favoured status to RCEP investors
13-Oct-2015 Live Mint
India is likely to grant most favoured nation (MFN) treatment to 15 countries that are in talks to conclude an agreement on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
Asean officials in Busan to kick off free trade deal
12-Oct-2015
Trade officials from Asean and six of its dialogue partners are in Busan, South Korea, to kick-start a regional free trade deal that almost stalled after three years of negotiations.
FTA moves to gain momentum
8-Oct-2015 ECNS
China will step up efforts to forge more bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements in the Asia-Pacific region to reduce the impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership pact.
Pumps should be exempted from RCEP with China
7-Oct-2015 The Hindu
Pump and Motor manufacturers here have said that these light items should not be included in the list of goods that can be imported duty free from China under the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
Health and trade: What hope for SDG 3
1-Oct-2015 Health and Trade Network
Emma Woodford from the Health and Trade Network examines SDG3 on health and well-being and questions if its targets are achievable given the damaging nature of legally binding trade agreements being simultaneously negotiated by SDG signatories.
Dept of Commerce seeks industry comments on initial offers for tariff elimination under RCEP
30-Sep-2015 Business Standard
The next round of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations will see India putting up initial offers for tariff elimination in goods.
India likely to sign FTA with Australia, Chile soon
15-Sep-2015 The Economic Times
India are very close to signing FTA with Chile and having next level discussion with Australia for FTA agreement according to Department of Commerce Joint Secretary Dammu Ravi on the sidelines of industry consultation meeting on RCEP Negotiations.
Australia’s stance in IP negotiations: ‘That didn’t work, let’s do it again.’
14-Sep-2015 Crikey
Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result is meant to be one definition of insanity. It’s also a pretty good definition of poor policymaking.
Update on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement – NGO briefing
14-Sep-2015 AFTINET
While RCEP was initially framed as an agreement that would be more flexible for low and middle income countries, there is evidence that some governments from industrialised countries are seeking to pursue aspects which would be very damaging for developing countries.
RCEP pact: Commerce Ministry to hold consultations with industry on goods
7-Sep-2015 The Economic Times
With negotiations on the mega trade deal RCEP at an advance stage, the Commerce Ministry will hold stakeholders’ consultation with industry.
Opposition mounts against regional trade pact threatening human rights
1-Sep-2015 Third World Network
Less well known than the notorious Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is engendering growing opposition because of its similar oppressive provisions.
RCEP seals modalities for tariff liberalization
28-Aug-2015 Live Mint
China agreed to accept India’s initial market access offer in the recently concluded RCEP ministerial in Kuala Lumpur.
RCEP on track as China, Japan reach a deal
26-Aug-2015 The Jakarta Post
Southeast Asian countries and their trading partners will continue their talks on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) as China and Japan eventually agreed on certain thresholds for import duties
New trade measures top Apec agenda in Cebu meetings
25-Aug-2015 Inquirer
New and aggressive measures to improve trade and economic growth across the region will be high on the agenda of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation.
Asia Pacific nations aim to eliminate 80% of import duties in 10 years
25-Aug-2015 Today Online
Trade ministers from 16 Asia Pacific countries agreed on Monday, Aug 24 to eliminate tariffs on 80 per cent of imports within a decade, in a major breakthrough in talks for RCEP.
MSF statement on RCEP trade negotiations in Kuala Lumpur
24-Aug-2015 MSF
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling for the removal of damaging intellectual property provisions in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) that would risk locking in high drug prices.
Minister: TPP and RCEP are equally important to the country
24-Aug-2015 The Star
Malaysia gives equal emphasis to two trade pacts – Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) said International Trade and Industry Minister, with RCEP provide a future boost for the four Asean countries in the TPP negotiations.
RCEP seen as more important than TPP for now
18-Aug-2015
Deputy Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn has suggested that Thailand should eventually join the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership, which will control about 40 per cent of global gross domestic product and one-third of world trade if approved. But until the TPP is finalised, Thailand should focus on the Asean-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), she said.
Regional cooperation pact talks: China demands more concessions from India, Japan
11-Aug-2015 Business Line
Beijing blocked a preliminary agreement on goods market liberalisation at the last Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership negotiations round.
RCEP - draft chapter on trade in services (Aug 2015)
5-Aug-2015 RCEP Legal
As leaked on RCEP Legal