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The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is the latest free trade agreement to emerge from the rapidly growing cluster of Asia-Pacific economies. With 15 member countries that collectively comprise 30% of the world’s population and global GDP, the RCEP is the largest free trade bloc i...

The Belt and Road Initiative, the massive global infrastructure project launched by China in 2013, is a project which has attracted great interest, debate and controversy. Whilst some have praised the need to help the development of the Global South, others have criticized it as a symbol of China’s...

The RCEP covers a market of 2.2 billion people and $26.2 trillion of global output. The Brookings Institution estimated that the RCEP could add $209 billion annually to world income and $500 billion to world trade by 2030.

The last few months have seen a significant expansion of the Belt and Road Initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean. Although this region of the world is not the most obvious fit for an undertaking that was originally modeled on the Silk Road—a network of trade routes linking East Asia with th...

Building a regenerative, inclusive and sustainable economy

Among all official documents released in China throughout 2021, two specifically stand out: the Communiqué of the Sixth Plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the CPC and the Resolution of the CPC Central Committee on the Major Achievements and Historical Experience of the Party over the ...