东盟通过具有里程碑意义的RCEP签署

雅加达，2020年11月15日–这是重要的一天，东盟成员国、澳大利亚、中国、日本、韩国和新西兰的领导人见证了《区域全面经济伙伴关系协议》的签署。RCEP是迄今为止东盟最大的自由贸易协定，涵盖22亿人口的市场，总规模达26.2万亿美元，占世界GDP的30％。

“尽管存在全球和地区挑战以及长达八年的谈判，但签署RCEP协议是一个历史性事件，因为它巩固了东盟在领导如此大规模的多边贸易协定中的作用，RCEP将为我们地区的企业和人民提供急需的恢复，尤其是在当前的COVID-19大流行危机期间，以实现迅速而强劲的复苏。”东盟秘书长拿督林克海说。

该协议将通过取消65％以上的商品关税和配额来改善市场准入，并在生效后通过共同的原产地规则和透明的法规使企业可预测。这将鼓励企业在该地区进行更多投资，包括建立供应链和服务，并创造就业机会。

该协定有20章，17个附件和54个承诺时间表，涵盖市场准入，规则和纪律以及经济和技术合作。

RCEP的谈判始于2013年，由印度尼西亚贸易部总干事Iman Pambagyo牵头，并得到了东盟秘书处的支持。

在2020年11月15日举行的第四届RCEP峰会结束后，部长们进行了虚拟签署。

ASEAN hits historic milestone with signing of RCEP

JAKARTA, 15 NOVEMBER 2020– It was a momentous day as Leaders of ASEAN Member States, Australia, China, Japan, Republic of Korea and New Zealand witnessed the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement.

The RCEP marks ASEAN’s biggest free trade pact to date, covering a market of 2.2 billion people with a combined size of US$26.2 trillion or 30% of the world’s GDP.

“The signing of the RCEP Agreement is a historic event as it underpins ASEAN’s role in leading a multilateral trade agreement of this magnitude, despite global and regional challenges and eight years of negotiations,” said Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary-General of ASEAN.

“RCEP will give a much-needed boost for a swift and robust recovery for businesses and peoples in our region particularly during the current COVID-19 pandemic crisis,” he added.

The deal will improve market access with tariffs and quotas eliminated in over 65% of goods traded and make business predictable with common rules of origin and transparent regulations, upon entry into force. This will encourage firms to invest more in the region, including building supply chains and services, and to generate jobs.

The Agreement has 20 Chapters, 17 Annexes and 54 schedules of commitments covering market access, rules and disciplines, and economic and technical cooperation.

Negotiations of RCEP, which started in 2013, were led by Iman Pambagyo, Director-General of Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade, and with support provided by the ASEAN Secretariat.

The virtual signing by ministers took place following the conclusion of the 4th RCEP Summit on 15 November 2020.

The ASEAN Secretariat