Tag: RCEP

Sri Lanka “has taken steps” to renegotiate free trade agreements with “key bilateral partners”, the country’s State Minister of Finance, Shehan Semasinghe has said. To begin with, Sri Lanka will focus on discussions with India, China and Thailand, to conclude the ongoing negotiations, “following which Sri Lanka intends to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP),” a regional trade and economic co-operation agreement of 16 Asian countries. Speaking at an Investor Forum, a Sri Lankan road-show organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Wednesday, Semasinghe stressed that the...