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Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (ASEAN+6)


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India inches towards liberalisation at RCEP
In a move likely to inject momentum into the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) talks, India has indicated it is willing to compromise on its three-tiered tariff schedule.
RCEP concessions: Government undertaking ‘sensitivity analysis’ of import duties
The ministries of commerce and finance are undertaking a “sensitivity analysis” of import duties on products that are crucial to revenue collection of the government
All you need to know about Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
Mega regional trade deals are in vogue in an otherwise fragile global economy. In an environment of falling aggregate demand, these trade deals are seen as a means to insulate economies from market uncertainties.
India need not genuflect at RCEP
Its inclination to dole out free tariff lines to all could be disastrous. The fear of being left out of all trade pacts is exaggerated.
Where is the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership headed?
The latest round of RCEP talks paints a worrisome picture for the global south, given that it will bring 3.5 billion people and 12% of world trade into its fold.
Government taking a relook at free trade agreements: Nirmala Sitharaman
Government is reviewing FTAs that India has signed with trading partners after the industry voiced concerns about benefits of these pacts for domestic players.
RCEP leaders to skip 2016 completion target
The countries involved in negotiating Asia’s most ambitious trade agreement will skip their declared goal of concluding the negotiations by the end of this year and will try to intensify negotiations.
Kerala concerned over impact of trade pact
Expressing concern over India’s move to widen trade ties with other countries in the Asian region, including China, the State Cabinet has urged the Centre to ensure that Kerala’s interests are not compromised by trade pacts.
An open letter to the sixteen governments negotiating the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
Nearly 70 networks and organisations call on the RCEP negotiators to listen to civil society, not just corporate interests
A new generation of free trade agreements that privilege business interests over human rights
There must be ex ante human rights impact assessment of the trade agreements and investment treaties that are being negotiated by the ASEAN community, including with and in India.
NGOs warn against dispute mechanism in Asian free-trade pact
Activists of various NGOs have urged Asean governments to eliminate investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) draft.
RCEP talks may miss December 2016 deadline, enter 2017: Nirmala
Countries negotiating the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership wanted to conclude the negotiations by December 2016 but "that is not going to happen," India’s Commerce and Industry Minister said today.
China, Asean ‘need fast RCEP deal’
ASEAN-China trade is contracting, making it necessary to speed up the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership negotiations, says a top Chinese think-tank.
APRN Briefer on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
Neither the TPP nor the RCEP, neither the US nor China and their corporations will ever address the long-standing people’s aspiration for an international trading system that responds to their needs.
India may offer China different terms in new RCEP structure
India is working on a single tariff concession for 15 countries in the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement but is thinking of differential treatment for China especially to the phase out period in view of the big trade deficit between the two Asian giants.
Where does India stand on intellectual property rights in the digital economy?
A scrutiny of TPP, TISA and RCEP provisions that deal with IP and the digital economy vis-a-vis the current Indian legal standard.