BANGKOK -- Members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) reaffirmed their target of putting the trade pact into effect by early next year, as smoother trade will hasten recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
International relations
RCEP remains focused on trade pact's early 2022 kickoff
With China on board, swift ratification will give bloc the jump on CPTPP
The port of Bangkok in 2016. Thailand has yet to formally ratify the RCEP but is in the process of doing so. © Reuters
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