Press Releases
Second Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting
August 27, 2014
1. The Second Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting was held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, on August 27.
2. From the Japanese side, Mr. Toshimitsu Motegi, Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry, and officials from relevant ministries attended the meeting.
3. In this meeting, the outcomes of the meetings of the Trade Negotiating Committee, in which senior officials participated, and of the working groups on Trade in Goods, Trade in Services, Investment and others were reported, and the way forward for future negotiations, amongst others, was discussed.
(* The foregoing is a provisional translation. The date indicated above denotes the date of issue of the original press release in Japanese.)