Singapore: China-backed efforts to create the world’s biggest free trade area are being held up by a push to include protection for workers and the environment, a senior Thai diplomat said.
The 16-country Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) has been hailed as an antidote to Trump-era protectionism, particularly after the US leader pulled his country out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to pursue his “America-first” agenda.
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