Where this Agreement refers to other legal agreements or instruments or builds on other agreements or legal instruments by reference to international environmental conventions in which they participate, and the Parties, to contribute to market access for raw materials and related services and investments and to avoid non-tariff barriers to raw materials; (a) the protection of human, animal and plant life or health while facilitating trade; This Chapter gives the EU and Canada the right to exclude certain areas from certain chapters of CETA or the agreement as a whole. They may do so for a variety of reasons, for example. B in order to guarantee public safety, prevent tax evasion or preserve and promote cultural identity. technical barriers to trade, the Protocol on mutual recognition of conformity assessment results and intellectual property rights relating to products. At the request of a Contracting Party or at the request of the committee responsible or when preparing a discussion in the CETA Joint Committee, the Committee on Trade in Goods may also examine matters relating to rules of origin, origin procedures, customs facilitation and trade, and border measures, sanitary and phytosanitary measures; public procurement or regulatory cooperation where this facilitates the resolution of an issue which otherwise cannot be resolved by the committee responsible. The Agriculture Committee, the Wine and Spirits Commission and the Joint Medicines Sector Group will also be formed from India and the US, which are expected to be members of RCEP and CPTPP respectively, but have withdrawn under the Modi and Trump governments. Now that the agreements are set up (see Figure 1), they strongly stimulate intranerostasiatic integration around China and Japan. This is partly the result of American policy. The United States must rebalance its economic and security strategies to promote not only its economic interests, but also its security objectives.

Southeast Asia will benefit greatly from RCEP ($19 billion per year until 2030), but less than Northeast Asia, since it already has free trade agreements with RCEP partners. However, rcep could improve access to China`s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) funds and increase the benefits of market access by strengthening transport, energy and communication links. RCEP`s favourable rules of origin will also attract foreign investment. (b) in the context of cooperation in international for a dealing with issues relevant to trade and labour, including the impact of trade or investment between the Parties, each Party shall take into account relevant scientific and technical information and related international standards, guidelines or recommendations. . . .