Summary Of The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement


SUMMARY OF THE REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

This is a summary of the RCEP Agreement, which captures only the salient elements of the 20 Chapters in the RCEP Agreement. This does not intend to interpret specific provisions in the RCEP Agreement and is therefore without prejudice to any legal interpretation or opinion that may be required in the course of its implementation.

Summary of the RCEP Agreement

Below is a summary of the RCEP Agreement’s 20 Chapters. Annexes are attached to the RCEP Agreement or Chapters thereof which relate to trade in goods, trade in services, investment, temporary movement of natural persons, rules of origin, customs procedures and trade facilitation, trade remedies, intellectual property, competition, government procurement, and institutional provisions.

Chapter 1: Initial Provisions and General Definitions

Chapter 2: Trade in Goods

Chapter 3: Rules of Origin (ROO)

Chapter 4: Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation (CPTF)

Chapter 5: Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)

Chapter 6: Standards, Technical Regulations, and Conformity Assessment Procedures (STRACAP)

Chapter 7: Trade Remedies

Chapter 8: Trade in Services

Chapter 9: Temporary Movement of Natural Persons (MNP)

Chapter 10: Investment

Chapter 11: Intellectual Property

Chapter 12: Electronic Commerce

Chapter 13: Competition

Chapter 14: Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

Chapter 15: Economic and Technical Cooperation (ECOTECH)

Chapter 16: Government Procurement

Chapter 17: General Provisions and Exceptions

Chapter 18: Institutional Provisions

Chapter 19: Dispute Settlement

Chapter 20: Final Provisions


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