World’s biggest trade pact eyes further enlargement

Inquirer.net - Sep 23, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — Already the world’s largest free trade agreement, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is widening its ambitions as it prepares rules that could pave the way for five more economies to join the existing trade bloc. At the Asean meetings in Manila on Monday, RCEP ministers agreed to establish an ad hoc

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