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• China § Asia-Pacific (economy)

  A secret deal: China led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

  20 July 2018, by COSSAR-GILBERT Sam, TANSEY Rachel

  The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a mega regional trade deal involving sixteen nations from Asia-Pacific. RCEP will impact the lives of billions of people, from the quality of the food they eat to the energy they consume and the affordability of life-saving medicines. (...)

• China § Asia-Pacific (economy)

  Why China led RCEP is the problem, not the solution – Democracy and regional trade bloc

  17 May 2017, by TADEM Eduardo C.

  On May 2-12, the 16 member-countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) met in Manila for their 18^th round of negotiations to craft a multilateral trade deal that would affect half of the world’s population. With the demise of the US-led Trans Pacific Partnership, the (...)

• China § Asia-Pacific (economy)

  Philippines: Labor Groups Raise Serious Concerns Over Regional Economic Comprehensive Partnership Agreement (RCEP)

  9 May 2017, by PURUGGANAN Joseph

  Manila — Representatives of major Philippine trade unions in both the public and private sectors are concerned about the possible impacts of the Regional Economic Comprehensive Partnership Agreement (RCEP) currently being negotiated in Manila. Among the issues they see resulting from the (...)

• China § Asia-Pacific (economy)

  Trump & World geopolitics: China will be the winner if US backs out of the TPP

  1 August 2016, by ROSS SMITH Nicholas

  If the United States backs out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a 12 member mega regional trade agreement, it could leave a gap for China to emerge the dominant trading power in the Asia Pacific.
  The TPP has been the centrepiece of Obama’s external trade policy in his 2^nd term .
  The TPP (...)