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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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