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Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (ASEAN+6)

Delhi’s RCEP talks on intellectual property shouldn’t forget India’s role as ‘Pharmacy of the World’
5-Feb-2018 The Wire
India must resist pressure from Japan and South Korea in RCEP for the elevated levels of intellectual property provisions and make sure the deal doesn’t limit the production of life-saving generic drugs in India and for many other developing countries of the world.
With TPP agreed, RCEP members look to catch up
2-Feb-2018 Nikkei
Trade negotiations kicking off Friday will cover tariffs, investor protections.
Asean has core role in negotiations for RCEP trade pact: Chinese Foreign Ministry
30-Jan-2018 The Straits Times
China has affirmed Asean’s core role in negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
From Tokyo with love for global trade
29-Jan-2018 The Hindu
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, or CPTPP, is going ahead in the absence of the US is a testament to Japan’s role in shepherding the tough negotiations through some tumultuous times.
Asean pushes for liberalised trade pact with India
29-Jan-2018 The Daily Star
The members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have mounted pressure on India for clinching a liberalised pact in goods and services also involving six other countries, including China, by this year.
RCEP negotiations: Officials to meet in Jakarta in February
26-Jan-2018 The Hindu
The member countries would deliberate on finalising the maximum number of goods on which duties will either be eliminated or reduced drastically. Matters pertaining to services sector are also expected to figure in the meeting.
OBOR’s connect deters US-India hegemony
25-Jan-2018 Pakistan Observer
The impact of the Belt and Road Initiative on regional trade integration should also be seen in light of trade agreements such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
Manila keeps focus on RCEP despite TPP breakthrough
25-Jan-2018 Business Mirror
Manila will continue to focus its efforts to concluding the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) despite the breakthrough made by the 11 remaining negotiating countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
’Early conclusion of RCEP crucial to boost trade with ASEAN’
25-Jan-2018 Outlook India
India is looking forward to working closely with ASEAN in a range of activities in various sectors such as commerce, tourism, agriculture, environment, renewable energy, telecom, infrastructure, manufacturing, financial services, energy, green economy and skill development.
India pushes for concluding balanced RCEP deal that includes services pact
23-Jan-2018 Livemint
India’s Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu said RCEP negotiations may be taking longer than expected because of the economic diversity among member countries.
Trade talks: a busy year ahead for India
22-Jan-2018 Deccan Herald
The year 2017 began with uncertainties in the global environment. On trade policy, the year did not end on any clearer terms than it started with. Uncertainty remains over several ongoing negotiations with different sets of countries. It is most visible at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and in India’s bilateral trade relations with Europe and the US.
Indonesia sends trade mission to South Asia
22-Jan-2018 Jakarta Post
Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita kicked off the trade mission on Monday to two South Asia countries — India and Pakistan — taking with him 61 businesspeople to explore the cooperation with their counterparts in the two countries.
In the economic power struggle for Asia, Trump and Xi Jinping are switching policies
18-Jan-2018 The Conversation
Donald Trump is flexing the United States’ economic muscle in East Asia by introducing a web of new-generation bilateral trade deals to contain China’s challenge. But Beijing is fighting back by political means.
More to Australia–Japan security than bilateral defence ties
17-Jan-2018 East Asia Forum
The broad and deep Australia–Japan relationship has never been more important to both countries’ interests in the world, and the relationship between the two leaders aims to preserve the rules-based order on which both countries rely.
Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM): Reject all unfair trade deals, including TPPA’s replacement
17-Jan-2018 FMT News
Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) said it would fight all trade agreements that it considered unfair and only favoured big corporations, including a new regional economic partnership that is set to replace the US-sponsored Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).
Philippines eyes more free trade pacts
16-Jan-2018 Malaya Business Insight
Philippines’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is conducting internal studies and consultations on a possible free trade agreement with US. Philippines also hopes a substantial conclusion of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and a renegotiation with Japan.
Tall order as Singapore takes Asean chair: The Nation
16-Jan-2018 The Straits Times
Singapore has assumed the ASEAN 2018 chair. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has announced that his theme for the undertaking would be "Resilient and Innovative". It will be challenging for Singapore amidst multilateral trade and the Rohingya calamity in the region.
Cheap Chinese apples sour J&K fruit
10-Jan-2018 DNA
China’s new zero-import duty policy threatens to sour Kashmir’s famed apples for farmers. China’s proposal which falls under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)’s ambit of a free-trade pact, could sound the death knell for the Rs 7,000 crore fruit industry.
Proxy wars of the Asian economic power houses
10-Jan-2018 The National
Both and Japan are pursuing their own initiatives to call shots in Asia, which may have ramifications for businesses and economies in the Mena region.
RCEP: India in a Catch-22
10-Jan-2018 Deccan Herald
India’s position in the RCEP is the most protectionist among all the member nations. India has been resisting demands from Korea & Japan on intellectual property clauses, and other nations on opening up markets.