
The EU’s engagement with China on trade is guided by the 2019 EU Strategic Outlook, which promotes reciprocity, a level playing field and fair competition.

CHINA TRADE BLOCS ASSOCIATIONS FREE
"The RCEP agreement, reached at a difficult time with challenges from COVID-19 and the anti-globalization sentiment, will drive a new round of economic globalization by promoting free trade," said Wei Jianguo, a senior expert with the Beijing-based China Center for International Economic Exchanges.

The RCEP enables China and Japan to build a direct free trade partnership with tariffs on 86 percent of products from Japan and 88 percent of products from China eventually down to zero. The country will work actively with other members to build the RCEP mechanism into a major platform for economic and trade cooperation in East Asia, the ministry said. With optimized trade rules among signatories, streamlined procedures and wider opening-up in the sectors of services-trade and investment, the RECP will bring tangible benefits to the member countries.Ĭhina will fully implement the obligations of the RCEP agreement and guide local governments, industries and enterprises to better seize the opening-up opportunities, according to the Ministry of Commerce. The deal came into force initially in 10 countries that have submitted instruments of ratification with the ASEAN Secretariat.Ĭovering nearly a third of the world's population and accounting for about 30 percent of the world GDP, the new free trade bloc aims to facilitate trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region, and boost economic globalization. 15, 2020 by 15 Asia-Pacific countries - 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia and New Zealand - after eight years of negotiations that started in 2012. 1 (Xinhua) - The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, the world's largest free trade agreement, entered into force on Saturday, injecting vitality into multilateralism and free trade amid the COVID-19 pandemic and global economic recovery.Īfter the agreement takes effect, more than 90 percent of merchandise trade among members that have approved the agreement will eventually be subject to zero tariffs. 30, 2021 shows a view of the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia.
