China-backed RCEP pushed back to 2019

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 14, 2018 12:32 am

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SINGAPORE/MANILA: A China-backed bid to complete the world’s largest trade deal — without the United States — was pushed back to next year after Asia-Pacific trade ministers failed to agree on key terms at a Singapore summit.

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