The largest trade pact in the world comes into force

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On January , the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) came into force, made up of the ASEAN members, plus China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. According to ASEAN , the pact is currently made up of the countries that have ratified it until November , : Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Japan, Laos, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. South Korea will join the bloc on February and the rest of the States days after they ratify it. The world's largest trade pact led by China may be "bad news" for US energy exporters. Signed in November , the partnership will account for % of the global economy and % of the world's population, reaching around billion consumers.

Its objectives include the reduction of trade tariffs, the strengthening of supply chains based on common rules regarding information on the origin of products, as well as the systematization Cabo Verde Email List of the rules that regulate electronic commerce. "The implementation of the Agreement will give a tremendous boost to post-Covid- economic recovery efforts," ASEAN Secretary-General Dato Lim Jock Hoi highlighted in November. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a free trade agreement (FTA) between the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (Myanmar, Brunei, Cambodia.



Philippines, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) and five states in Asia and Oceania with which ASEAN has existing free trade agreements (Australia, China, South Korea, Japan and New Zealand). The treaty was signed at the ASEAN Summit on November , Negotiations formally began in November at the ASEAN Summit in Cambodia. RCEP is considered an alternative to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a proposed trade agreement that includes several Asian nations. and America, but excludes China and India.​ After the departure of the United States during Donald Trump 's presidency from the TPP, negotiations on the RCEP resumed with more force and the agreement was signed in November by ASEAN nations, including China.