Press Statement
ITUC – Asia Pacific Statement on RECP
The 10 ASEAN Member States and its 5 key partner countries – Australia, China, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand – signed a trade pact, ‘the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)’, at the 37th ASEAN Summit on Sunday, 15 November 2020 in the midst of the unprecedented COVID-19 global pandemic. The RCEP will cover most economic with wider and significant economic, social and even health impacts.