RCEP & servicios
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2-ago-2019 GRAIN
El acuerdo comercial RCEP intensificará el acaparamiento de tierras en Asia
El RCEP no sólo cambiará las reglas sobre la exportación e importación de bienes y servicios; cambiará la forma en que los gobiernos deciden sobre los derechos de tierras y quiénes tienen acceso a ellos. -
22-mar-2019 The Jakarta Post
Trade agreements put our right to water at risk
Trade agreements like the RCEP are designed to make it easier for foreign multinational corporations to invest and do business. In doing so, they put the rights of citizens and workers second to profits. -
28-nov-2018 Indian Express
India to push for better deal with China under RCEP
In services sector, India is pushing for business visitor commitment for smooth movement of professionals, according to the government official. -
27-jun-2018 Business Standard
India to focus on services trade at RCEP ministers meet in Tokyo
Nations have increasingly got entrenched in their positions over reduction in tariffs and opening of market access. -
6-feb-2018 The Hindu BusinessLine
RCEP talks: India ‘unhappy’ with revised service offers, too
India will register its unhappiness with the “inadequate’’ fresh offers in services made by partner countries negotiating the mega regional comprehensive economic partnership (RCEP) as members converge in Indonesia this week for a crucial round of talks. -
5-feb-2018 Business Mirror
RCEP talks in Indonesia focus on concessions, crafting of sensitive list
As the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) made significant headway in January, negotiating countries in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) are pressured to conclude the trade deal, and they try to make progress in the ongoing talks in Indonesia. -
23-ene-2018 Livemint
India pushes for concluding balanced RCEP deal that includes services pact
India’s Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu said RCEP negotiations may be taking longer than expected because of the economic diversity among member countries. -
10-ene-2018 Deccan Herald
RCEP: India in a Catch-22
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. -
9-ene-2018 Bangkok Post
Indian resistance could spell trouble for RCEP
India has been resisting pressure from other RCEP member nations to open up 90% of its traded goods to competition. This is due to the reason that the member nations are not ready to improve market access in services, one of India’s core strengths. -
2-ene-2018 The Hindu
RCEP: India hardens stand ahead of summit with ASEAN
The Indian Ministry of External Affairs has taken a strong stand that the country should restrain itself from concluding free trade agreement from which it would not gain in the medium term. -
6-dic-2017 Financial Express
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP): India pushes for greater market access, ASEAN irked
Time and again India has flagged its concerns on the slow pace of services trade. -
13-nov-2017 Live Mint
Headway in services deal unlikely at RCEP summit
Countries in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) are against India’s push for liberalisation in services sectors. -
22-mar-2017 KEI
RCEP - draft chapter on trade in services (Dec 2016)
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6-feb-2017 PTI
Next round of RCEP talks in Japan; India to push for services
During the RCEP talks, India would press for greater market access in the services sector, particularly easy movement of professionals -
27-oct-2016 PSI
Public sector unions to oppose Asia Pacific mega trade deal RCEP
On 12 October, the closing day of the Asia Pacific Regional Conference in Fukuoka, around 250 delegates representing more than 70 PSI affiliates from 18 countries resolved to intensify the struggle against the ambitious Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership under negotiation among 16 countries in the region. -
3-oct-2016 East Asia Forum
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. -
11-ago-2016
RCEP - 9th meeting of Working Group on Trade in Services - Summary of discussion (Aug 2015)
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11-ago-2016
RCEP - Matrix of submission of elements for the RCEP Trade in Services text (2015)
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11-ago-2016
RCEP - Brief snapshots of countries’ initial offers (2015)
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11-ago-2016
RCEP - Investment chapter - Indonesia proposal on Prudential Measures (Aug 2015)
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Resistencia a RCEP
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17-sep-2019 The Conversation
Suddenly, the world’s biggest trade agreement won’t allow corporations to sue governments
Malaysia’s trade minister Datuk Darell Leiking revealed that Malaysia and each of the other 15 parties to the RCEP negotiations had agreed to exclude ISDS provisions from the deal. -
16-sep-2019 Tribune India
Farmers urge PM to withdraw from RCEP
Farmers say pact to join regional economic partnership will unsettle domestic farming. -
28-ago-2019 AFTINET
Indonesian civil society groups protest RCEP trade deal
Indonesian civil society groups protested against the RCEP trade agreement last Friday, arguing that the agreement promotes corporate rights over people’s rights -
2-ago-2019 Koalisi Masyarakat Sipil untuk Keadilan Ekonomi
Mekanisme sengketa investasi dalam RCEP menghilangkan perlindungan hak rakyat dari kesewenangan investor
Organisasi masyarakat sipil Indonesia mendesak Pemerintah Indonesia untuk tidak menandatangani Perjanjian RCEP karena mekanisme sengketa investasi yang diatur di dalamnya hanya akan melindungi kepentingan investor. -
2-ago-2019 GRAIN
El acuerdo comercial RCEP intensificará el acaparamiento de tierras en Asia
El RCEP no sólo cambiará las reglas sobre la exportación e importación de bienes y servicios; cambiará la forma en que los gobiernos deciden sobre los derechos de tierras y quiénes tienen acceso a ellos. -
1ro-ago-2019 Occupy FTA
Trade Minister of South Korea should not undermine the ISDS reform objectives pursued by the Prime Minister
CSOs call for Trade Minister of South Korea should not undermine the ISDS reform objectives pursued by the Prime Minister -
1ro-ago-2019 Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers’ Movements
Keep agriculture and dairy out of RCEP negotiations, farmers’ body tells government
The RCEP will destroy farm livelihoods especially in the domestic dairy sector. -
31-jul-2019 GRAIN
L’accord commercial du RCEP va intensifier l’accaparement de terres en Asie
Le méga-accord commercial de la RCEP changera la façon dont les gouvernements décident des droits fonciers et des personnes qui y ont accès. Il a le potentiel d’accroître l’accaparement des terres dans toute l’Asie.
