Trade and Investment
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
(RCEP)
Negotiations concluded: 4 November 2019.
Negotiations launched
Members
Relevant Dates
- Negotiations launched
2013-05-09 - Not yet notified to the WTO
News
- [Republic of] Korea takes part in video conferences for Asia-Pacific trade dealYonhap News19 Apr 2020
- Pandemic may force Japan to give up on Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement for 2020Japan Times19 Apr 2020
- Cambodia: Kingdom casts it export net wider to mitigate exit of major US and EU marketsKhmer Times13 Apr 2020
- [Secretary General] of ASEAN holds video conference with [Republic of Korea] Trade MinisterAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat30 Mar 2020
Opinions and Editorials
- Multiplicative effects of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on ASEAN tradeThe ASEAN Post15 Mar 2020
- ASEAN’s Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and sustainability challenges and achievementsEast Asia Forum24 Jan 2020
- Commentary: Can the RCEP save the Singapore economy?Channel News Asia22 Nov 2019
- "You go alone, you'll be bullied": The need for solidarity is the key takeaway from the 35th ASEAN SummitASEAN Today7 Nov 2019
Studies and Research
- Free Trade after RCEP: What Next for India?N. SarmaObserver Research Foundation1 Apr 2020
- Trans-Pacific Partnership versus Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: Control of Membership and Agenda Setting S. HamanakaAsian Development Bank12 Jan 2015
- Constructing and Multilateralizing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: An Asian PerspectiveS. UrataAsian Development Bank Institute1 Dec 2013
- Taking ASEAN+1 FTAs towards the RCEP: a mapping studyFukunaga, Y. and I. IsonoEconomic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia1 Jan 2013
Featured Publications
Toward Optimal Provision of Regional Public Goods in Asia and the Pacific
The Era of Financial Interconnectedness: How Can Asia Strengthen Financial Resilience?
