Event: ADB's Southeast Asia Development Symposium (SEADS 2022): Sustainable Solutions for Southeast Asia’s Recovery
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: A New Paradigm in Asia’s Trading Architecture (ADB)
17 March 2022

As Asia embarks on its path of economic recovery in 2022, it gets a boost in regional cooperation as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement took effect on 1 January 2022. In this session at the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) third Southeast Asia Development Symposium (SEADS), experts looked at the finer points of RCEP to inform policy makers and the business community on what to expect from its implementation.

Moderator: Jenina P. Ibañez, Senior Reporter, BusinessWorld
Host: Sanchita Basu-Das, Economist, Regional Cooperation and Integration Division, Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department (ERCD), ADB

  • Albert F. Park, Chief Economist and Director General, Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, ADB
  • Cyn-Young Park, Director, Regional Cooperation and Integration Division, ERCD, ADB
  • Pramila Crivelli, Economist, Regional Cooperation and Integration Division, ERCD, ADB
  • Sim Sokheng, Secretary of State, Ministry of Commerce; Cambodia
  • Donna Gultom, Chairperson, Indonesia Anti-Dumping Committee
  • So Umezaki, Economic Integration Studies Group, Development Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization
  • Dionisius Narjoko, Senior Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
  • Wong Meng Yew, Partner, Deloitte Singapore, Global Trade Advisory Leader (Southeast Asia)

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Topics

  • Regional Cooperation and Integration
  • ICT