RCEP Trade in Services Commitments Database
The Comprehensive Database for RCEP Trade in Services Commitments offers an in-depth, quantifiable analysis of the liberalization measures under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement. This tool provides a baseline for comparison with the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS) and the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), enabling policymakers, researchers, and stakeholders to assess the progress and impact of RCEP on regional economic integration. The database covers commitments across all four modes of supply, highlighting market access and national treatment measures, and is essential for identifying opportunities and areas for further liberalization in services trade.
AUS = Australia, BRU = Brunei Darussalam, CAM = Cambodia, GATS = General Agreement on Trade in Services, INO = Indonesia, JPN = Japan, KOR = Republic of Korea, LAO = Lao People’s Democratic Republic, MAL = Malaysia, MYA = Myanmar, NZL = New Zealand, PHI = Philippines, PRC = People’s Republic of China, RCEP = Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, SIN = Singapore, THA = Thailand, VIE = Viet Nam
Notes: The bar chart show a weighted average of the liberalization rate of the four modes of services: Mode 1 – Cross-border supply (30%); Mode 2 – Consumption abroad (10%); Mode 3 – Commercial presence (55%); and Mode 4 – Movement of natural persons (5%) and the average for all countries is calculated using a simple average of all liberalisation scores. The ERIA reference weights refers to the share of modes of supply in trade of commercial services as utilized by ERIA. Further details for the calculation of these weights is available from WTO (2019). World Trade Organization. 2019. TiSMoS – A New Global Trade in Services Data Set. A PowerPoint presentation. 29 November. TiSMoS – a new global trade in services data set. The ADB reference weights are calculated at the country level by dividing the total trade (Exports and Imports) under a particular mode as a proportion of the total services trade between the years 2017 and 2019 inclusive. All the variables represents a positive degree of liberalisation.
Source: Authors based on the Asian Development Bank–Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia RCEP Services Commitments Database.