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Agencies urged to expedite final studies on pact
published : 10 Mar 2021 at 04:00
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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered related agencies submit by the middle of next month the final studies on the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) so that the government can make a decision whether to apply to join the pact.
Anucha Burapachaisri, the government spokesman, said yesterday the premier has ordered related agencies to speed up submission of the studies to him by April 15, in lieu of three months earlier, proposed by the International Economic Policy Committee which met on Feb 5.
Deputy Prime Minister Don Pramudwinai, chairman of the International Economic Policy Committee, said on Feb 5, the government still needs all related agencies to conduct more in-depth studies themselves, as suggested by the house standing panels and the in-depth study process could take about three months before Thailand can make the decision
What might the RCEP tell us about the future of trade deals and Britain’s place in the world?
What might the RCEP tell us about the future of trade deals and Britain’s place in the world?
What might the RCEP tell us about the future of trade deals and Britain’s place in the world?
As of the 16th November 2020, 2.3 billion people live within a new free trade zone (the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership or RCEP) linking ten South East Asian nations, China, South Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, making this a bigger and potentially considerably more powerful trading block than the European Union, and viewed in some quarters as an economic and diplomatic coup for China. It was signed via an online ceremony after eight years of negotiations.
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