After eight years of negotiation, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was signed into a formal trade agreement on 15th November 2020 at the 37th ASEAN Summit. The deal includes ten members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand. According to...Read More

The key word to describe the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, signed this November, is “inclusive”, said Vannarith Chheang, president of the Cambodia-based think tank Asian Vision Institute. Because the world is operating in the context of protectionism and unilateralism and a decline in multilateralism, he added, promoting inclusive and open multilateral systems plays a critical...Read More

The US-funded Mekong Dam Monitor will track water levels at 11 Chinese dams along the river, where Washington has blamed droughts on ChinaIncreased transparency is a boost for downstream countries, but many are wary of one more move in the great power competition Threats to Southeast Asian unity on the Mekong are as “existential” as...Read More

In Cambodia’s nation-building process, it has faced two main challenges when dealing with foreign actors who are keen on molding the country into their own forms of democracy, with domestic actors and policies supportive of their own interests. The first challenge is the internationalization of Cambodian domestic issues, and another is the “Cambodian puppet theory.”...Read More

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) — China’s sticking to reform and opening-up amid the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic is a boon to regional and global economic recovery, Cambodian officials and experts have said. Cambodian government chief spokesman Phay Siphan said China has been taking firm and steady steps to promote reform and opening-up despite global...Read More

President Xi Jinping’s remarks at the 15th G20 Leaders’ Summit have been constructive and of practical significance, delivering a message of hope and offering solutions to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, experts have said. Xi put forward a set of proposals for the G20’s role in the post-COVID international order and global governance...Read More

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PHNOM PENH, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) — Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen told the 17th China-ASEAN Expo on Friday that the crisis of COVID-19 pandemic clearly demonstrated greater need to uphold multilateralism and international cooperation. Hun Sen made the remarks during the opening ceremony of the expo via video conference. He said the COVID-19...Read More

Dr Chheang Vannarith is a public policy analyst and government relations strategist. He has over a decade of research experience in geopolitical and political economic analysis, with a focus on Southeast Asia. He is currently serving as President of the Asian Vision Institute (AVI) where he leads projects on geopolitical risk analysis, regional security, smart...Read More

Reduced tariffs under RCEP will help revive battered economies, experts say The signing of the world’s largest free-trade agreement will support the efforts of Asia-Pacific nations to rebuild their pandemic-hit economies and further integrate operations, analysts said. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, signed on Sunday by 15 Asia-Pacific economies will progressively reduce tariff...Read More