Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

E337241

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a major free trade agreement among Asia-Pacific nations that creates one of the world’s largest economic blocs by reducing tariffs and harmonizing trade rules across the Indo-Pacific.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership canonical 3
RCEP 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (78)

Predicate Object
instanceOf free trade agreement
multilateral trade agreement
abbreviation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership self-linksurface differs
surface form: RCEP
aimsTo facilitate regional economic integration
harmonize trade rules
liberalize trade in goods
liberalize trade in services
promote investment
reduce tariffs
coversPolicyArea competition policy
e-commerce
economic and technical cooperation
government procurement cooperation
intellectual property
investment
trade in goods
trade in services
coversShareOfGlobalGDP about 30 percent
coversShareOfWorldPopulation about 30 percent
enteredIntoForceFor Australia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
China
Indonesia
Japan
Laos
surface form: Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Malaysia
Myanmar
New Zealand
Philippines
South Korea
surface form: Republic of Korea

Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam
enteredIntoForceOn 2022-01-01
hasChapter competition
dispute settlement
e-commerce
economic and technical cooperation
government procurement
intellectual property
investment
small and medium enterprises
trade in goods
trade in services
hasFormerParticipant India
hasMember Australia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
China
Indonesia
Japan
Laos
surface form: Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Malaysia
Myanmar
New Zealand
Philippines
South Korea
surface form: Republic of Korea

Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam
hasMemberGroup ASEAN member states
ASEAN+3 countries excluding India
hasMemberOrganization Association of Southeast Asian Nations
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasSecretariatSupportFrom ASEAN Secretariat
isComparableTo Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
isLargestTradeBlocBy populationCovered
legalForm treaty
negotiationLaunchedAt ASEAN Summit
surface form: 21st ASEAN Summit
negotiationStartedOn 2012-11-20
objective create a modern comprehensive high-quality and mutually beneficial economic partnership agreement in the region
proposedBy Association of Southeast Asian Nations
region Asia-Pacific
Indo-Pacific region
surface form: Indo-Pacific
signedInCity Hanoi
signedInCountry Viet Nam
signedOn 2020-11-15

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indo-Pacific region isCentralTo Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
ASEAN centrality associatedWithOrganization Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
Japan–China relations multilateralContext Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership abbreviation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: RCEP