Tariffs. Customs. Trade Remedies

 

On November 27, 2014, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Economy, Trade and Industry jointly announced that the sixth round of negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will be held in India, from December 1 to 5, 2014. In this round of negotiations, the meetings of the Trade Negotiating Committee, in which senior officials will participate, and of working groups on Trade in Goods, Trade in Services, Investment, Economic and Technical Cooperation, Intellectual Property, Competition, and Legal and Institutional Issues are scheduled to be held, and the scope and method of negotiations, amongst others, will be discussed.  The RCEP is being negotiated among ASEAN10 countries +6 countries (Japan, China, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and India).