Chinese Premier Li Keqiang made a strong speech on Monday for further counter-terrorism cooperation among SCO countries to foster a safe and stable environment for development. In his speech at the virtual meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) hosted by India, Li …
Read More »Anand Sharma Adheres to Congressional Original Position on RCEP as Party Appears to Make a U-turn | India News
NEW DELHI: Infighting in Congress has again come to the fore with MP Rajya Sabha and former Union minister Anand sharmacomment on Regional Integral Economic Association (RCEP). However, more than the internal dispute, the latest controversy also exposes the change of face of Congress on the subject. While Sharma has …
Read More »Leaving RCEP was a shortsighted decision, says former Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran
Regardless of concerns, it may have been better to address those inside the store than outside, he says. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Association (RCEP), a trading bloc of 15 countries, including the 10 ASEAN members China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, was signed on November 15 without India, …
Read More »To Join Or Not: Congress A Little Confused About RCEP
Written by Manoj CG | New Delhi | Updated: November 18, 2020 7:22:15 am Anand Sharma (R) says he will not join a ‘strategic mistake’, Jairam Ramesh says Delhi is right not to join the bloc. A year ago, Congress had asked the government not to sign the Regional Comprehensive …
Read More »China-led RCEP trade megablock takes off
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Association (RCEP), a mega trading bloc comprising 15 countries led by China and that came into existence on Sunday, said India would have to write expressing its “intention” to join the organization. to restart membership negotiations. In a statement released after the initialization ceremony among member …
Read More »Why India excluded itself from the world’s largest trade deal signed today
NEW DELHI: Fifteen countries in Asia and the Pacific, with a combined gross domestic product (GDP) of more than $ 26 trillion and comprising nearly a third of the world’s population, signed the world’s largest trade agreement at the 37th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). Summit on November 15. …
Read More »Fifteen Asian Countries Sign The World’s Largest Trade Agreement; India withdrew last year
By: Bloomberg | Updated: November 15, 2020 5:23:44 pm The container ship Maersk Eindhoven, operated by Maersk Line Ltd., is moored alongside gantry cranes at a shipping terminal in Yokohama, Japan, on Sunday, July 19, 2020. Japanese exports fell more than 20% for the third consecutive month. even as key …
Read More »What is the RCEP trade agreement?
Backed by China, the expanding Regional Comprehensive Economic Association (RCEP) is seen as a coup for Beijing to extend its influence in the region and mark its dominance in Asian trade. After eight years of discussing the details, the trade pact, the world’s largest in terms of GDP, analysts say, …
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