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
- RCEP deal could be signed as early as next year: Thai deputy PMXinhua News Agency8 Sep 2019
- US retreat raises stakes for Asia-Pacific trade: Malaysia ministerThe Sydney Morning Herald25 Aug 2019
- Finance ministry reviewing India's free trade agreementsIndia Times21 Aug 2019
- Malaysia welcomes MAFTA review but priority given to RCEP conclusionThe Malay Mail20 Aug 2019
Opinions and Editorials
- RCEP is now vital in defending the global trading orderEast Asia Forum4 Aug 2019
- 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
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?
