1st MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT OF THE RCEP AGREEMENT

      The first meeting of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Committee on Business Environment-RCEP CBEwas held virtually from 20th to 21stNovember 2023.

      The Meeting was attended in plenary with the delegates from the Intellectual Property, E-Commerce, Competition and Government Procurement Sector in ASEAN Member States, Representatives form Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China and South Korea which are the partners of RCEP FTA and the ASEAN Secretariat Office attended the meeting.

      The attendees discussed the implementation of Chapter 11, 12, 13 and 16 on Intellectual Property, E-Commerce, Competition and Government Procurement of RCEP Agreement and the methodology to move forward on the negotiations on the text and its workplan.