Officials scrambling to save RCEP


BANGKOK: As doubts are emerging that Asean and its six trade partners are unable to conclude their negotiations for a regional deal at the 35th Asean summit in the Thai capital, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has admitted that negotiations in any multilateral deal are never easy.

“We have 16 countries and because one country demands something that we can’t accept, the deal cannot be concluded.

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