Malaysia has given its commitment to completing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) ratification process by mid-December this year.

Ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will benefit the Philippines and help the country recover, speakers told an online forum organized by The Manila Times.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is “crucial and timely” amid the joint efforts of China and ASEAN to overcome the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic while it would also open a new chapter for regional economic and trade ties, Chinese ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian said here Wednesday.

The National Assembly of Cambodia on Thursday ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world's largest free trade agreement.

South Korea plans to submit a bill to ratify regional multilateral free trade agreement with Southeast Asian countries and others this month as it seeks to find new markets for growth.

Bangladesh has decided to join the world's largest trading bloc, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), to stay eligible for duty-free trade facilities in the markets of nearly one-third of the global economies after it graduates to a developing nation in 2026.

Both Vietnam and Australia have complementary economies which can support each other for mutual development together, said Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Dan Tehan MP of the Foreign Correspondents Association Australia and South Pacific (FCA).

Hong Kong expressed a strong interest as early as 2018 in joining the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and has received positive responses RCEP member states.

For China, integrating the rules of its pilot free trade zones (FTZs) and the RCEP can synergize its economic development with that of the Asia-Pacific region.

Cambodia’s post-pandemic economic reality is likely to be forged by the 15-nation deal that will encompass about 30 percent of global gross domestic product.