The Philippines and Myanmar are the only countries yet to ratify the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) after Indonesia cemented its membership of the China-backed trade deal this week.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement came into effect on Jan 1. How will its implementation influence China's export structure? What industrial chains will benefit from the agreement for further development? Will it be a boon for, or a bane of, China's exports, and how should China make use of the agreement to boost its exports and improve trade quality?

This year’s entry into force of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on 1 January 2022 creates the largest free trade agreement in history, embracing China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and 10 Asean member states.

Gu Yahong, deputy general manager of Jiangsu General Science Technology Co., Ltd., has been remotely keeping an eye on the construction of a company plant in the Chinese-invested Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) in Cambodia, almost 3,000 km away from east China's Jiangsu Province.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a historic agreement that brings together 15 Asia-Pacific countries that generate almost one-third of the global economy with more than a 2.2 billion-strong population and a total gross domestic product (GDP) of $26 trillion.

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) is pushing for the immediate ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement to send a clear signal that the country is open to investments that will help generate more jobs.

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on Monday that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade agreement, which entered into force earlier this year, will be a booster for regional and global economic recovery in the post-COVID-19 pandemic.

The value of China’s imports and exports jumped 16.6 percent in July from the same period a year ago, buoyed by the increase in trade with members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, according to the latest data.

A newly launched trade pact in Asia is helping to fuel an increase in intra-Asia container volumes for carriers and logistics companies since taking effect in January

Seven months after the world’s largest free-trade agreement (FTA) took effect, its critics say that member nations would be better off if they also signed separate bilateral trade deals with each other, because the scope of the regional deal is not comprehensive enough.