‘US withdrawal from TPPA will hasten negotiations on RCEP’


  • Business
  • Wednesday, 01 Feb 2017

KUALA LUMPUR: The withdrawal of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) will help hasten the process of concluding negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).

This will benefit all 16 participating countries, says the Malaysia-China Chamber of Commerce (MCCC).

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