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Joint Sign-on Letter of CSOs to Trade Ministers of RCEP Negotiating Countries

- Updated version with further signatories from 29 Sep. letter-

 6 October 2017

Dear Ministers of Trade & Negotiators from RCEP Negotiating Countries,

The 20th round of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations is taking place from 17-28 October 2017 in Songdo, Korea. [1] RCEP negotiations include chapters on goods, services, investment, intellectual property etc and the proposed provisions in these chapters affect the daily lives of the peoples of all sixteen countries [2] involved in these negotiations including their access to knowledge and affordable life-saving medicines, farmers’ livelihoods, privacy, environmental protection and many other needed regulations.