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What happens now the RCEP trade deal has been signed?

16 November 2020 Online editor In the news

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RECP) agreement: Fifteen Asia-Pacific economies have signed what could become the world’s largest free trade agreement, covering nearly a third of the global population and about 30% of its global gross domestic product.

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Asia-pacific trade deal covering 29% of world’s GDP expected to be signed shortly

10 November 2020 Online editor In the news

It is reported that the world’s largest trade pact involving 15 countries in the Asia Pacific – which account for 29% of global gross domestic product – is expected to be signed during a virtual leaders summit to be held on 15 November 2020.

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Most read this week

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  • What’s the role of hydrogen in the clean energy transition? (UCS) 29 December 2020
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  • The Chinese ‘Debt Trap’ Is a Myth 8 February 2021
  • National Cyber Power Index 2020: which is the world’s most powerful cyber nation? (Belfer Center) 12 September 2020
  • America’s proposed Taiwan Policy Act could be a game-changing act of provocation 20 September 2022

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Mike Scrafton is a regularly-published writer on Australian and international affairs. Read more about Mike here.

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