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RCEP & services

S. Korea, China to discuss expanding scope of FTA
26-May-2020 Yonhap
South Korea will hold the seventh round of talks with China to discuss expanding the scope of their bilateral free trade agreement to better cover the service and investment sectors.
Trade agreements put our right to water at risk
22-Mar-2019 The Jakarta Post
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.
Why India is not joining trade in services agreement
28-May-2015 Live Mint
Even though India has been insisting on negotiating services agreements in all ongoing bilateral trade agreements, including the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, to tap its rapidly growing young skilled workforce, it has so far desisted from joining a plurilateral trade in services agreement (Tisa) being negotiated among 24 countries.
With RCEP commitment, India marks big shift in trade policy
23-Mar-2016 Live Mint
New Delhi’s higher level of commitment on investment, services may become template for bilateral treaties