MEPs in the European Parliament Committee on International Trade meeting held on Thursday 10 December responded to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), signed recently by 15 South East Asian countries (see EUROPE B12602A33). Deborah Elms, the Vice Chair of the Asia Business Trade Association, gave the MEPs a brief presentation on the agreement. The MEPS expressed concern about the breadth of the agreement and the lack of environmental and social conditions.
They also...