RCEP set to boost recovery, multilateralism, forum told


An aerial view of the container dock of the Qinzhou Port section of China (Guangxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone in Qinzhou, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. - Xinhua

BEIJING (China Daily/Asia News Network): The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is set to accelerate regional economic integration, inject more growth impetus into the world's economic recovery and shore up multilateralism and free trade, experts said on Sunday (Jan 23).

They made the remarks at the RCEP Media & Think Tank Roundtable Forum with the theme of "The RCEP comes into effect: New prospects for regional cooperation and development".

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