East Asia Forum

How RCEP benefits Cambodia in the long term

Though the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) may bring only modest short-run economic benefits to Cambodia, the long-run outlook looks positive. Through ASEAN free trade agreements ...
East Asia Forum

RCEP can be a tool for East Asian organising against protectionism

Forged in a period of global economic and geopolitical uncertainty, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) might now be the asset the region needs at a time of genuine crisis for ...
The Diplomat

RCEP Was a Major Breakthrough, But It Still Needs Work

With RCEP’s first general review scheduled for next year, this is a timely opportunity to assess its relevance and potential amid profound global uncertainty today. As the Asia-Pacific finds itself in ...
CNBC

'A coup for China': Analysts react to the world's largest trade deal that excludes the U.S.

China and 14 other Asia-Pacific countries signed the world's largest trade agreement, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership or RCEP, over the weekend. Analysts said economic benefits from ...