Sinolytics Radar
Published on: 30. November 2021

RCEP against China's vulnerability

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the largest trade agreement in the world, enters into force in January 2022. RCEP is part of China’s larger push to regionalize trade, secure supply chains in its neighborhood, and thereby reduce its vulnerability to supply disruptions caused by geopolitical tensions. RCEP also aims to open new markets for Chinese companies in the region. Establishing a level playing field and higher environment and labor standards are not RCEP’s top priority: in these areas it lags behind China’s existing trade agreements with developed economies.

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