Ngokusho kwewebhusayithi yoMnyango Wezohwebo, ngoNovemba 2, i-Secretariat ye-ASEAN, umnakekeli we-RCEP, yakhipha isaziso esazisa ukuthi amazwe ayisithupha angamalungu e-ASEAN, okuhlanganisa iBrunei, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore, Thailand neVietnam, kanye namalungu amane angewona awe-ASEAN. amazwe, okuhlanganisa i-China, i-Japan, i-New Zealand ne-Australia, athumele ngokusemthethweni izimvume zabo kuNobhala-Jikelele we-ASEAN, nokufinyelela emngceleni wokuthi isivumelwano siqale ukusebenza.Ngokwesivumelwano, i-RCEP izoqala ukusebenza emazweni ayishumi angenhla ngoJanuwari 1, 2022.

Phambilini, uMnyango Wezezimali wabhala kusizindalwazi sawo esisemthethweni ngonyaka odlule ukuthi ukukhululeka kohwebo ngezimpahla ngaphansi kwesivumelwano se-RCEP kube nezithelo.Ukwehliswa kwentela phakathi kwamalungu kubuswa yizibophezelo zokunciphisa amanani entengo abe ziro ngokushesha futhi aze afike kuqanda kungakapheli iminyaka eyishumi, futhi i-FTA kulindeleke ukuthi izuze imiphumela ebalulekile yokwakha ngesikhathi esifushane uma kuqhathaniswa.Ngokokuqala ngqá, i-China ne-Japan ifinyelele ekuhlelweni kwe-tariff yamazwe amabili, okuthole impumelelo eyingqophamlando.Lesi sivumelwano sihambisana nokugqugquzela izinga eliphezulu lokukhululeka kwezohwebo esifundeni.