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  • Zhang Monan, Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE

    Jan 24, 2022

    In a host of ways, the ,mega FTA, which spans two continents provides an antidote to rising global protectionism, unilateralism and the mindset of “my own interests first.”

  • Lucio Blanco Pitlo III, President of Philippine Association for Chinese Studies, and Research Fellow at Asia-Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation

    Apr 29, 2021

    With the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) expected to take effect next year, China steps up building its first free trade port in Hainan. It shows how Beijing is preparing to capitalize and contribute to the success of the world’s largest free trade agreement (FTA).

  • Zhang Yun, Professor, School of International Relations, Nanjing University

    Apr 17, 2021

    China and the U.S. need to figure out intellectually what they are vying for. They do not have territorial disputes in the ordinary sense, nor are they in binary ideological opposition of the kind seen during the Cold War era.

  • Wu Zhenglong, Senior Research Fellow, China Foundation for International Studies

    Dec 15, 2020

    The country is confident that it will meet the emerging trade partnership’s high standards through reforms at home. But the U.S. and others may attempt to derail it through the “poison pill” clause of the USMCA.

  • Sajjad Ashraf, Former Adjunct Professor, National University of Singapore

    Dec 08, 2020

    The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership consists of all the major and middle Pacific Rim powers, save for one - the U.S. The assertiveness Asian countries are showing is indicative of the ongoing gravity shift in economic and political clout.

  • Zhou Xiaoming, Former Deputy Permanent Representative of China’s Mission to the UN Office in Geneva

    Nov 30, 2020

    The recently signed RCEP is adaptable to the circumstances of its participants and is not “one size fits all.” It’s a major breakthrough in bringing together the 10 ASEAN members and five key players in the region.

  • Liu Junhong, Researcher, Chinese Institute of Contemporary Int'l Relations

    Nov 23, 2020

    The agreement marks the emergence of constructive rules for the entire East Asia region. The parties no longer look to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, with its burdensome provisions, as a model template.

  • Brahma Chellaney, Professor, Center for Policy Research

    Feb 04, 2020

    The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership was set to become the world’s largest free trade agreement. But India’s withdrawal from it has thrown the negotiated trade bloc into imbalance and has underscored India’s qualms with China’s trade practices.

  • Zhang Monan, Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE

    Nov 20, 2019

    As the WTO-led multilateral trading system has weakened, free trade areas are driving the process of laying down international rules.

  • Chen Youjun, senior research fellow, Shanghai Institutes for Int'l Studies

    Mar 20, 2017

    While the Trump administration has announced withdrawal from TPP, in favor of bilateral economic cooperation and negotiation to protect US interests, it does not necessarily mean the US has given up its quest for dominancy in global trade rule-making. Meanwhile, other TPP signatories, including Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, are not willing to let the deal fall by the wayside. That means the spirit of TPP lives on even if the agreement itself does not.

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