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Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

Opinion | China pushes ahead on its long march to become a global tech leader

Facing an uncertain future, China’s pivot towards self-reliance and technological innovation will cement its position on the world stage.

13 Oct 2024 - 9:11PMvideocam

Exclusive | Hong Kong’s Kuala Lumpur trade office set to open in October: Malaysian envoy

30 Sep 2024 - 11:07AM

Hong Kong to do ‘everything’ possible to bolster ties with Asean, John Lee says

30 Sep 2024 - 12:20PM

Hong Kong must push for firmer business ties with Asean or ‘wither on the vine’

Adviser to city leader and former minister Frederick Ma also says John Lee’s recent Asean trip important in helping city to join RCEP trade pact.

11 Aug 2024 - 10:12PM

Chief Executive John Lee (right) recently visited Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia to foster ties with the three Asean economies. Photo: Handout

Opinion | How Hong Kong can fulfil its crucial role in China’s modernisation

Reform continues to be a central theme in the Communist Party’s vision for China, which offers scope for Hong Kong to play to its strengths.

8 Aug 2024 - 6:30AMvideocam

Hong Kong’s bid to join RCEP trade bloc receives warm response: chief executive

A majority of the members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership are enthusiastic about Hong Kong’s application, John Lee said at a conference on Wednesday.

10 Jul 2024 - 11:28PM

Talks on China-Japan-South Korea FTA merely ‘symbolic’ given US opposition

Leaders of the three countries have pledged to “speed up negotiations” for a trilateral FTA after a delay of several years.

13 Jun 2024 - 4:45PMvideocam

Chinese Premier Li Qiang speaks at the eighth business summit among China, Japan and South Korea, in Seoul. Photo: Xinhua/Pang Xinglei

Opinion | With Japan and South Korea, China should think long term

History and economics are both challenges and the ties that bind for the three neighbours, which are all vital nodes in the semiconductor supply chain.

11 Jun 2024 - 7:38PMvideocam

Opinion | Building of community with shared future calls for closer Asean-China ties

The Chinese vision of building a shared future has developed into substantive action, giving a strong boost to global governance in various sectors.

26 May 2024 - 11:00AMvideocam

Opinion | China, South Korea and Japan are talking again – the US should take note

China, Japan and South Korea will convene a long-delayed summit despite differences on global conflicts and the unlikelihood of fruitful trade talks. All three countries share a desire to stabilise the region, especially given potential uncertainties stemming from the coming US presidential election.

24 May 2024 - 6:01AMvideocam

Opinion | Hong Kong’s RCEP membership can add value to the region

Hong Kong is already a significant trade and investment partner to members of RCEP, the world’s largest trade bloc. After the city’s membership is approved, it can help to harmonise trade rules, stimulate intra-bloc capital flows and foster connections and partnerships.

30 Apr 2024 - 11:33AMvideocam

A view of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge in 2020. At the Hong Kong-Asean Summit in 2023, Chief Executive John Lee pledged that the city would be a “value-adding gateway” connecting China to the rest of the world. Photo: Winson Wong

Beijing lobbying for Hong Kong to join world’s biggest free-trade pact this year

Hong Kong applied to join Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership two years ago, with bloc representing nearly one-third of world’s population.

19 Apr 2024 - 4:05PM

Opinion | As trade barriers go up in the West, the rest are ‘reglobalising’

As the Global South pushes for more opening up, trade will emerge profoundly different, more complex and diffused. Chest-beating isolationism can’t change how the world is more interdependent than ever.

23 Feb 2024 - 3:30PMvideocam

Hong Kong’s John Lee calls for closer ties with Malaysia

John Lee says at reception to mark anniversary of Malaysian chamber of commerce in Hong Kong there is ‘much to look forward to in the coming years’.

26 Jan 2024 - 12:52AM

Chief Executive John Lee (in pink tie) celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Malaysian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. Photo: Edmond So

China-US rift looms over Japan, South Korea as Beijing wants to restart trade

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi called Japan and South Korea to restart negotiations on a trilateral free-trade agreement in November, amid pressure for them to diversify away.

2 Jan 2024 - 1:09PMvideocam

Last month, the top diplomats of China, Japan and South Korea met for the first time in four years. Photo: EPA-EFE

Opinion | Amid US-China rivalry, Vietnam’s sweet spot diplomacy is a master class

By keeping all the major actors engaged and invested, while embedding itself in global supply chains, Vietnam is growing its regional importance and strengthening its strategic autonomy.

22 Dec 2023 - 9:30AMvideocam

Letters | Who’s right about the economy – Moody’s or Hong Kong officials?

Readers discuss Moody’s downgrade of Hong Kong’s credit outlook, giving RCEP more attention, and one easy way to make taxis more competitive.

18 Dec 2023 - 11:30AM

Opinion | China-EU cooperation needed to safeguard globalisation’s future

Amid Sino-US competition, China and Europe can keep the world on a multipolar keel by cooperating in four crucial domains.

14 Dec 2023 - 5:30AMvideocam

Opinion | Sino-US conflict, China crash? Xi-Biden dialogue suggests otherwise

US dialogue efforts, President Xi Jinping’s warm reception in San Francisco, including from business leaders, and China’s still-impressive economic growth say it all.

1 Dec 2023 - 10:08AMvideocam

Opinion | Time for Hong Kong to open its doors to Asean talent and capital

Hong Kong can add value to Southeast Asian economies as an education hub on the doorstep of the Greater Bay Area. The city must also be more proactive about attracting professionals, entrepreneurs and ultra-high-net-worth individuals from Asean.

30 Nov 2023 - 9:30AM

China cautions against country ‘cliques’ – but is self-preservation at play?

A Chinese official has warned against countries forming ‘small cliques’ – suggesting lingering concerns over being shut out of important value chains.

16 Nov 2023 - 9:00PMvideocam

China has continued efforts to join trade pacts as it also warns against the formations of national “cliques”. Photo: AFP

Exclusive | Canberra ‘will not oppose’ China’s CPTPP trade-pact bid

China has been trying to gain entry into the Asia-Pacific trade pact for two years, and Australia says it will ‘consider China’s application on its merits’ as bilateral ties warm.

26 Oct 2023 - 6:51PMvideocam

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is keen on mending frayed trade ties with China when he visits next month. Photo: Bloomberg

South Korea, UAE complete talks for bilateral trade deal

Investment ties between the nations have been steadily advancing, and South Korea was one of the first countries with which the Gulf state launched talks about the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).

14 Oct 2023 - 7:38PM

Asean doesn’t want to be ‘forced to choose sides’, says Thai deputy PM

In a keynote speech at the Post’s Hong Kong-Asean Summit 2023, Thailand’s deputy prime minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara said unity among Asean members can help ‘preserve regional peace and stability’.

9 Oct 2023 - 6:30PMvideocam

Hong Kong’s Lee calls for stronger ties with Thailand in meeting with prime minister

City leader says he hopes Hong Kong and Thailand can maintain their close relationship during meeting with Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.

9 Oct 2023 - 10:55PM

Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin (left) meets Chief Executive John Lee at Government House. Photo: Handout

Thai prime minister to meet John Lee during 3-day Hong Kong trip

Srettha Thavisin to meet John Lee at Government House on second day of visit.

7 Oct 2023 - 1:46AM

Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin will meet Chief Executive John Lee at Government House during his Hong Kong trip. Photo: Reuters

China pushes Yunnan gateway in ‘pivot to South and Southeast Asia’

National Development and Reform Commission pledges to support Yunnan with transport, logistics, energy and digital connection with southern neighbours.

29 Sep 2023 - 8:00PMvideocam

Editorial | Free-trade pact must include Hong Kong

Big guns from mainland China have joined calls for the city to be admitted into the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, a process that has been delayed for far too long.

18 Sep 2023 - 5:30AM

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Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a free-trade agreement (FTA) involving the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) bloc and five of their FTA partners. The RCEP will eliminate as much as 90 per cent of the tariffs on imports between its signatories within 20 years of coming into effect. Fifteen Asia-Pacific nations signed the agreement on November 15, 2020.

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9 September, 2024