Third Round of Negotiations for RCEP

According to the MOFA news release on Jan 24, the third round of negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership ("RCEP") was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from January 20 to 24. 

In this round of negotiations, the meetings of the Trade Negotiating Committee, in which senior officials participated, and of working groups concerning issues such as Trade in Goods, Trade in Services and Investment were held. Also, the scope and method of negotiations, amongst others, were discussed, and it was decided to establish the new working groups on Competition, Intellectual Property, Economic and Technical Cooperation and Dispute Settlement.

The next round of negotiations will be held in China in April, 2014.