EXCLUSIVE: Korea to sign RCEP pact with or without India


On its way to sign Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) pact along with ASEAN bloc, China, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand in November this year, South Korea has asked India to join the flock for signing the pact.
While inviting India for the forthcoming ASEAN meeting to be held in Seoul in March, Korea has said that the rest of the countries are willing to engage with India to address India’s concerns due to which it (India) had opted out of joining mega Free Trade Agreement block last year.
Last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced to pull out of the RCEP pact saying India will not compromise on its core issues. Soon after, Japan too said it would not sign the RCEP deal without India.  Read more...

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