RCEP將于明年1月1日生效

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat announced on Tuesday that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, the world's largest trade deal so far, would go into force on Jan 1, 2022. The Secretariat has received instruments of ratification from six ASEAN countries, namely Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, as well as from the four non-ASEAN signatory states of Australia, China, Japan, and New Zealand.

東盟秘書處11月2日發(fā)布通知，宣布文萊、柬埔寨、老撾、新加坡、泰國、越南等6個東盟成員國和澳大利亞、中國、日本、新西蘭等4個非東盟成員國已向東盟秘書長正式提交核準書，《區(qū)域全面經(jīng)濟伙伴關系協(xié)定》(RCEP)將于2022年1月1日對上述十國開始生效。RCEP是目前世界上最大的自由貿易協(xié)定。

Implementation of the agreement will provide a tremendous boost to post-COVID-19 economic recovery efforts, said the Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dato Lim Jock Hoi.

東盟秘書處秘書長林玉輝強調，RCEP的生效將極大地推動新冠肺炎疫情后的經(jīng)濟復蘇。

RCEP agreement was reached in November 2020 by the 10 member countries of ASEAN and five of their partner countries.

2020年11月，東盟10國和5個對話伙伴國正式簽署該協(xié)定。

According to the agreement, implementation of RCEP will begin 60 days after ratification by at least six ASEAN and at least three non-ASEAN countries.

根據(jù)協(xié)定，RCEP將在至少6個東盟成員國和至少3個非東盟成員國批準后60天生效。