Ngokutsho kwewebhusayithi yoMphathiswa wezoRhwebo, ngoNovemba 2, i-Secretariat ye-ASEAN, umgcini we-RCEP, ikhuphe isaziso esazisa ukuba amazwe angamalungu e-ASEAN amathandathu, kuquka iBrunei, iCambodia, iLaos, iSingapore, iThailand kunye neVietnam, kunye namalungu amane angewona amalungu e-ASEAN. amazwe, kuquka i-China, i-Japan, i-New Zealand kunye ne-Australia, bangenise ngokusemthethweni imvume yabo kuNobhala Jikelele we-ASEAN, efikelela kumda wesivumelwano sokusebenza.Ngokwesivumelwano, i-RCEP iya kuqalisa ukusebenza kula mazwe alishumi angasentla nge-1 kaJanuwari 2022.

Ngaphambili, iSebe lezeMali libhale kwiwebhusayithi yalo esemthethweni kulo nyaka uphelileyo ukuba ukukhululwa kwezorhwebo kwimpahla phantsi kwesivumelwano se-RCEP kuye kwaba neziqhamo.Unyinyiva lwamaxabiso phakathi kwamalungu lulawulwa zizibophelelo zokunciphisa imirhumo iye kuqanda ngoko nangoko kwaye iye kwiqanda kwisithuba seminyaka elishumi, kwaye i-FTA ilindeleke ukuba iphumeze iziphumo ezibalulekileyo zolwakhiwo kwixesha elifutshane noko.Okokuqala, i-China ne-Japan ziye zafikelela kulungiselelo lwemvumelwano yoluhlu lwamazwe amabini, ukuzuza impumelelo eyimbali.Isivumelwano sifanelekile ekukhuthazeni umgangatho ophezulu wokukhululwa kwezorhwebo kummandla.