This publication by GRAIN looks at what the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) might mean for farmers’ seeds in the region, in the context of the recently signed Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). RCEP will include the ten members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. It will also include six regional partners that already have free trade agreements (FTAs) with ASEAN: Australia, China, India, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea.
GRAIN (March 2016) New mega-treaty in the pipeline: what does RCEP mean for farmers’ seeds in Asia?