Trade and Investment
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
(RCEP)
Negotiations launched
Members
Relevant Dates
- Negotiations launched
2013-05-09 - Not yet notified to the WTO
News
- [Singapore's] PM Lee meets [Japan's PM] Abe, praises Japan’s G-20 engagement effortsThe New Paper28 Jun 2019
- Asia’s monster trade pact could be done this year, minus a fewBloomberg26 Jun 2019
- Asia Pacific trade pact can go on without India 'for the time being:' Malaysian PM MahathirCNBC24 Jun 2019
- ASEAN agrees to finish free trade deal; [Philippine President] Duterte wants US and [People's Republic of] China to take 'high road' in trade warphilstar.com23 Jun 2019
Opinions and Editorials
- The nuts, screws and bolts of RCEP talksThe Hindu Business Line27 Jun 2019
- [People's Republic of] China wants India to be part of the new Asian free trade dealThe Business Times24 Jun 2019
- Economic diplomacy: ASEAN trade, BRI deals and ageing Asialowyinstitute.org24 Apr 2019
- Trade war: Focus turns to Thailand to conclude $7 trillion RCEPAEC News Today6 Dec 2018
Studies and Research
- 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?
