Thailand looks set to sign the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade pact by the middle of this month.
According to a source at the Commerce Ministry who requested anonymity, Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit would represent Thailand in signing the pact during Asean regional summits held virtually from Nov 12-15.
Vietnam, as chair of Asean, is scheduled to hold a series of regular summit meetings online from Nov 12-15, including the East Asia Summit involving China, Japan and the US.
According to the schedule, the annual Asean Summit will be held on Nov 12, the East Asia Summit on Nov 14 and the RCEP Summit on Nov 15.
The RCEP is a proposed free-trade agreement (FTA) between the 10 member states of Asean and six dialogue partners, namely China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand.
Negotiations on RCEP started in late 2012 at…
