On 1 January 2022, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) officially came into force for Vietnam.

The Japanese envoy said that its administration will continue to uphold and attach significance to a free and open Indo-Pacific.

What were its concerns and is there a possibility of rejoining the grouping later?

The circumstances under which New Delhi had distanced itself from the RCEP negotiations have hardly improved

While it is unclear if the Sri Lankan government is considering seeking RCEP membership, Colombo seems open to the idea.

India's key concerns on Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) were not addressed, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. 

The infighting in the Congress has once again come to the fore with Rajya Sabha MP and former Union minister Anand Sharma’s remark on Regional Comprehensive..

India’s RCEP stanceAlthough there is no denying the grim truth that through its past trade agreements, India unwittingly allowed other countries unfai

Whatever concerns there may have been, it may have been better to address those within the tent than outside, he says

Several English newspapers have noted India would be “better off” by being part of RCEP, says ex-Finance Minister

RCEP dynamicsThe very fact that Japan and Australia, part of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue exercise, which includes India, signed the RCEP agreement

The final agreement of RCEP covers various issues that India had flagged

‘The effect of past trade agreements has been to deindustrialise some sectors’

India was one of the original 16 participating countries of the RCEP but had withdrawn in 2019.

India was one of the original 16 participating countries of the RCEP but had withdrawn in 2019.

Fifteen Asia-Pacific nations, including China, signed the agreement on November 15.

Over the weekend, 15 countries of the region signed the mega Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership RCEP trade pact.

Fifteen Asia-Pacific nations, including China, on Sunday, signed the world's biggest trade agreement, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP),..

India will have to re-apply for membership negotiation

India was one of the original 16 participating countries of the RCEP but had withdrawn in 2019.

India was one of the original 16 participating countries of the RCEP but had withdrawn in 2019.

Even as 15 countries of the region signed the RCEP trade pact, they have announced that India can participate in the group's activities as an observer member and..

China and 14 other countries have agreed to form the world's largest free trade bloc, in terms of GDP, encompassing nearly a third of all economic activity.

Amid questions over Washington's engagement in Asia, RCEP may cement China's position more firmly as an economic partner with Southeast Asia, Japan and Korea,..

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) -- which includes 10 Southeast Asian economies along with China, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and..

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, is to be signed virtually by China and 14 other countries on Sunday.