Finance chief: Hong Kong strives to join RCEP


Paul Chan, Hong Kong's financial secretary, listens during a Bloomberg Television interview in Hong Kong, China, on Friday, June 5, 2020. - Bloomberg

HONG KONG (China Daily/ANN): Hong Kong hopes to be part of the first group of economies to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) after the agreement takes effect, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said in a blog post on his website Sunday (Nov 22).

The total bilateral trade between Hong Kong and the 15 member states of RCEP accounts for 71 per cent of Hong Kong’s total trade in goods, Chan wrote.

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