Thailand to hold next round of RCEP meet in February

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a grouping of 16 nations, including India, China and Australia, will meet next month in Thailand to resolve issues for concluding a mega trade deal covering various sectors. In the sixth round of talks, which concluded in India last month, the country had asked RCEP members to focus on value addition in services, besides working towards improving investment climate to spur trade and boost regional growth. The RCEP account for over a quarter of the world economy.