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Cambodia: Concern over trade deal?s investor dispute mechanism
Cambodia: Concern over trade deal?s investor dispute mechanism
Wed, 3 August 2016 – A civil society organisation has raised concerns about the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), claiming that one provision of the sweeping trade agreement would limit the Kingdom?s ability to draft socially beneficial policies.
The call came ahead of a meeting to be held in Laos on Friday that will bring together the 10 members of ASEAN plus six other Asia-Pacific countries ? Japan, China, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand ? with the aim of hammering out lingering concerns about trade, investment, economic and technical cooperation, competition and intellectual property rights. Read More?