Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement
September 29, 2025
- RCEP Agreement (Text）
- What's New
- 17th Round of Negotiations for RCEP (Kobe, February 27-March 3, 2017)
- Major Meetings
What's New
- The 4th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting (September 29, 2025)
- The 3rd Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting (September 22, 2024)
- The 2nd Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting (August 21, 2023)
- The 1st Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministers’ Meeting (September 28, 2022) (Japanese)
- Request for Discussions under the RCEP Agreement on China's Measures to Suspend Imports of all Aquatic Products originating in Japan (September 4, 2023)
- The 4th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Summit and RCEP Agreement Signing Ceremony (November 15, 2020)
- Eleventh Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial Meeting (October 13, 2020)
- Eighth Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting (August 25, 2020)
- 31st Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (July 7, 2020)
- Tenth Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial Meeting (June 22, 2020)
- 30th Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (May 13, 2020)
- Joint Statement of the 29th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Trade Negotiating Committee (RCEP TNC) Meeting (April 30, 2020)
- 29th Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (April 16, 2020)
- 3rd RCEP Summit (November 4, 2019)
- Ninth Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial Meeting (October 11, 2019)
- 28th Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (September 17, 2019)
- Seventh Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting (September 3, 2019)
- Eighth Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial Meeting (August 1, 2019)
- 27th Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (July 19, 2019)
- 26th Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (June 18, 2019)
- Seventh Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting (March 1, 2019)
- 25th Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (February 14, 2019)
17th Round of Negotiations for RCEP (Kobe, February 27-March 3, 2017)
Major Meetings
- The 4th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting (September 29, 2025)
- The 3rd Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting (September 22, 2024)
- The 2nd Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting (August 21, 2023)
- The 1st Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministers’ Meeting (September 28, 2022) (Japanese)
- The 4th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Summit and RCEP Agreement Signing Ceremony (November 15, 2020)
- Eleventh Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial Meeting (October 13, 2020)
- Eighth Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting (August 25, 2020)
- 31st Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (July 7, 2020)
- Tenth Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial Meeting (June 22, 2020)
- 30th Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (May 13, 2020)
- Joint Statement of the 29th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Trade Negotiating Committee (RCEP TNC) Meeting (April 30, 2020)
- 29th Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (April 16, 2020)
- 3rd RCEP Summit (November 4, 2019)
- Ninth Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial Meeting (October 11, 2019)
- 28th Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (September 17, 2019)
- Seventh Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting (September 3, 2019)
- Eighth Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial Meeting (August 1, 2019)
- 27th Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (July 19, 2019)
- 26th Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (June 18, 2019)
- Seventh Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting (March 1, 2019)
- 25th Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (February 14, 2019)
- Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Summit (November 14, 2018)
- 24th Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (October 16, 2018)
- Sixth Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Intersessional Ministerial Meeting (October 10, 2018)
- Sixth Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Ministerial Meeting (August 21, 2018)
- 23rd Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (July 12, 2018)
- Fourth Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Intersessional Ministerial Meeting (March 2, 2018)
- 21th Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (January 29, 2018)
- 20th Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (October 12, 2017)
- Fifth Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Ministerial Meeting (September 6, 2017)
- 19th Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (July 14, 2017)
- 18th Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (April 28, 2017)
- 17th Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership(RCEP) (February 22, 2017)
- 16th Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (December 1, 2016)
- Second Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial Meeting (November 1, 2016)
- 15th Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (October 12, 2016)
- 14th Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (August 10, 2016)
- Fourth Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting (August 1, 2016)
- Twelfth Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to be held in Perth (April 20, 2016)
- Eleventh Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to be held in Brunei (February 10, 2016)
- Tenth Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to be held in Korea (October 8, 2015)
- Third Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting (August 21, 2015)
- Ninth Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to be held in Myanmar (July 30, 2015)
- Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial Meeting (July 10, 2015 )
- Eighth Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to be held in Kyoto (June 4, 2015)
- Seventh Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to be held in Thailand (February 5, 2015)
- Sixth Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (December 6, 2014)
- Sixth Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (November 27, 2014)
- Second Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting (August 27, 2014)
- Fifth Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (June 28, 2014)
- Fourth Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (April 4, 2014)
- Third Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (January 16, 2014)
- Second Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (September 27, 2013)
- First Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting (August 19, 2013)
- First Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (May 13, 2013)
- Announcement of the Launch of Negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (November 20, 2012)