During the 6° Belt and Road Forum held in Hong Kong last September 4 and 5, 2021 China’s Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao, and Liu Guangyuan, the commissioner of China’s Foreign Ministry’s Hong Kong office, have pledged to support Hong Kong in joining the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world’s biggest free-trade agreement signed between China, 10 ASEAN countries (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, a

#asia #asean #oceania #RCEP #china #international #trade #investments #cooperation #silkcouncil On November 15, 2020, during the ASEAN summit, held online due to the current pandemic, China and 14 countries of Asia and Oceania signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). RCEP brings together the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. The agreement constitutes the largest free trade and commercial