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Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (ASEAN+6)

E-commerce liberalization in RCEP must consider small entrepreneurs
30-Oct-2017 Gres News
Indonesia for Global Justice (IGJ) urges Indonesian government to not open up e-commerce to RCEP
RCEP deal unlikely this year: South Korean official
30-Oct-2017 Nikkei Asian Review
Participants are disagreeing over how much to open their markets under RCEP
India to oppose anti-generics proposals at RCEP meet
25-Oct-2017 Livemint
India firm in opposing proposals that could hinder global access to affordable generic drugs
India will not cross red lines on generic drugs in RCEP, but stay vigilant, say officials
25-Oct-2017 The Wire
Healthcare watchers are calling on India to resist RCEP
Trade for the people
23-Oct-2017 IBON
"Trade for the People" briefly covers how the new FTAs, such as the TPP, the RCEP and the EPAs in Africa continue to threaten people’s rights.
Easing e-com to hit small units
23-Oct-2017 The Hindu Businessline
Freeing up digital trade under RCEP could hurt consumer protection, manufacturing sector
RCEP negotiations should not restrict global access to affordable medicines and vaccines
21-Oct-2017 MSF
RCEP negotiations should not restrict global access to affordable medicines and vaccines
New government’s TPPA problems start next week
20-Oct-2017 Scoop
The new government of Labour, New Zealand First and the Greens will have to move fast if they are going to influence the outcomes of trade and investment agreements being negotiated.
5 hidden costs of the RCEP to people and planet
17-Oct-2017 The Diplomat
The RCEP has hidden costs for people’s lives
The milk crisis in India: The story behind the numbers
17-Oct-2017 Food Sovereignty Alliance
This book tells the story of how global trends including the ongoing threats of trade agreements such as the EU-India FTA and the RCEP are driving countless small dairy farmers into debt and ultimately out of farming.
55 groups call for a meaningful CSO engagement in the 20th RCEP Round
17-Oct-2017
Joint sign-on letter of civil society organisations to Trade Ministers of RCEP negotiating countries.
RCEP: Robbing communities to extract profit
14-Oct-2017 APWLD
RCEP will give multinational corporations unprecedented rights
China’s free trade agreements in South Asia
11-Oct-2017 China Briefings
China is steadily laying the groundwork for its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative program.
RCEP: India may face heat over token tariff-cut offers
9-Oct-2017 Businessline
New Delhi has made “token” improvements in its latest round of offers extended to its 15 RCEP partner countries.
RCEP In India: A creamy deal for transnational dairy corporations, growing resistance from farmers
5-Oct-2017 Countercurrents.org
The Modi governmentmust stop the RCEP from destroying rural livelihoods.
RCEP ushers transition to China’s order in East Asia
3-Oct-2017 Asia Times
A new split East Asian order is emerging led by China through the RCEP negotiations and Belt and Road Initiative.
Philippine peoples’ movements reject RCEP
24-Sep-2017 People Over Profit
Various civil society groups and movements in the Philippines came together for a public forum to voice out their opposition to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
E-commerce a top focus when S’pore chairs Asean
21-Sep-2017 Today Online
E-commerce and the digital economy will be the key points of focus when Singapore takes over the chairmanship of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean).
Is RCEP tracking to be another TPP?
19-Sep-2017 Stuff
Seven TPP countries are also represented in the RCEP negotiations
Gold may be kept out of future trade pacts
18-Sep-2017 Economic Times
A big spike in gold imports from countries with which India has trade agreements has caused alarm in the government, which now plans to exclude the yellow metal from such agreements in the future.