Thailand prepares to sign RCEP pact minus India


BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): Fifteen Asia-Pacific countries will sign the RCEP trade pact by the end of 2020 but India will not be among them, the Commerce Ministry has confirmed.

However, members of the Regional Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) last week opened the way for India to return to negotiations without having to start the process anew, said Auramon Supthaweethum, director-general of the ministry's Department of Trade Negotiations.

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