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Logo of the RCEP. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP / ˈ ɑː r s ɛ p / AR-sep) is a free trade agreement among the Asia-Pacific countries of Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. [2]
Free Trade Agreement [13] Switzerland: 6 July 2013 1 July 2014 Free Trade Agreement [14] South Korea: 1 June 2015 20 December 2015 Free Trade Agreement [15] Australia: 17 June 2015 20 December 2015 Free Trade Agreement [16] Georgia: 13 May 2017 1 January 2018 Free Trade Agreement [17] Maldives: 7 December 2017 1 January 2025 Free Trade Agreement
A bilateral free trade agreement is between two sides, where each side could be a country (or other customs territory), a trade bloc or an informal group of countries, and creates a free trade area.
The free trade agreement reduced tariffs on 7,881 product categories, or 90 percent of imported goods, to zero. [20] This reduction took effect in China and the six original members of ASEAN: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
The EU is trying to form trade agreements with each country that is part of the TPP: since 2013, there have been talks of a free trade agreement between the EU and Japan, and in 2015 the EU presented its new strategy to improve trade in the Asia-Pacific entitled "Trade for All." [177]
The Comprehensive Economic Partnership for East Asia (CEPEA) is a Japanese led proposal for trade co-operation and free trade agreement among the 16 present member countries of the East Asia Summit. All those movements and efforts were taken over by the following Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership .
WASHINGTON/SYDNEY, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The long-awaited text of a landmark U.S.-backed Pacific trade deal was released on Thursday, revealing the details of a pact aimed at freeing up commerce in 40 ...
The Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA), previously known as the Bangkok Agreement [1] and renamed 2 November 2005, [2] was signed in 1975. It is the oldest preferential trade agreement between countries in the Asia-Pacific region.