PH, China boost `super´ trade pact
(WorldNews China)

The proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) received a major boost after China and the Philippines on midweek joined hands in pushing for the completion of substantial negotiations to pave the way for the eventual signing of the agreement. `We are going to announce the completion of the substantial negotiations on RCEP and the item into the final stage at this meeting and China hopes to conclude the RCEP negotiations next year,` Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said during his speech delivered at the 44th Singapore Lecture. 3.85 billion people For the past five years, China, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and other parties have been negotiating for the...