The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

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Written By: ~X~ of TFD

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

The term "free-trade" should make anyone, who has even the slightest idea of trade Internationally and even locally, should make you cringe & start to question ones self, at what cost is this going to come into play for everyone. 

Double speak and the all time favorite of propaganda swirled by the Main Stream Media (MSM), makes it very important for US, yes US to do our do diligence and look at the facts and connect the dots.

Now, I am sure most of you have never even really heard of this "free-trade" agreement, 

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The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership or RCEP.

Why?

My opinion, is that the Western Media does not cover this because it is a direct threat against the American and Angolan plan. The ASEAN +1* countries have had it with the West on all levels. From military to International Law, the International community does not look at the USA as that once great "Super Power" it once was. 

Do not get me wrong, we here at the #TFD and abroad are PROUD Americans and love this country. With that being said, we are just calling a spade a spade.The International community does not respect us for a variety of reasons.

We have lost the "look" of power abroad. We are still a force to be tangled with, but just looking at the silent "Arms & Nuclear" race going on globally, one cant help but to see.

Lets dive into this trade agreement that does NOT include the United States of America and many of the Western powers for that matter. In this article we will do an intro and a little history on this and then go into the apples and oranges of the RCEP, TTP, TTIP, etc.

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The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

On 8 August 1967, five leaders – the Foreign Ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand – sat down together in the main hall of the Department of Foreign Affairs building in Bangkok, Thailand and signed a document. By virtue of that document, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was born. The five Foreign Ministers who signed it – Adam Malik of Indonesia, Narciso R. Ramos of the Philippines, Tun Abdul Razak of Malaysia, S. Rajaratnam of Singapore, and Thanat Khoman of Thailand – would subsequently be hailed as the Founding Fathers of probably the most successful inter-governmental organization in the developing world today.  

The document that they signed would be known as the ASEAN Declaration.

The RCEP Snap Shot 
(Including Australia)

We have to get an understanding of these different ABC groups so lets get a clue on what the ASEAN 

ASEAN

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is an inter-governmental arrangement formed in 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand to promote political, economic and social cooperation and regional stability. Brunei joined in 1984 and Vietnam in 1995. Laos and Burma became members in 1997 as ASEAN marked its 30th anniversary, with Cambodia becoming ASEAN’s tenth

member in 1999. ASEAN’s activities are coordinated by the ASEAN Secretariat based in Jakarta. 

 

All in all these are the countries all involved in the mega trade agreement

1. Indonesia
2. Malaysia
3. The Philippines
4. Singapore 
5. Thailand
6. China
7. Australia (+1)*
8. China
9. India
10. Japan
11. New Zealand
12. South Korea
13. Cambodia
14. Indonesia
15. Lao DPR
16. Myanmar
17. Vietnam
18. Brunei Darussalam
    
    
     Facts 

 
This is a hell of a plan that the Western media has not even began to touch. Not to mention all of the subsides and side countries and existing FTAs that already had existed! Not even getting into how it versus between the American lead TTP/TTIP, it should alarm you that this information has not been highlighted when talking about the global financial bubble covered on CNN, NPR, Money Market, MSNBC, NBC, etc.

The RCEP (for those who have seen it, which some of the first releases was out of New Zealand.

It has been rumored to be worst than the TPP & ACTA because of its language and harsh views and action they want to take on privacy, censorship & Intellectual Property as broken down by

Knowledge Ecology International in 2015

More on this deep on this link here

http://keionline.org/sites/default/files/RCEP_WGIP_JP_Revised_Draft_Text_3Oct2014.pdf

As of now, the TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership) is dead since the 2016 Election...BUT it is not over my fellow humans, there is still TTIP which has not even had anything really released on it. Sound familiar? (Patriot Act passed without anyone really reading it or having access to it.)

There is a lot of information that goes with this FTA and even more information that we do not even know and may become law and the new way trading is done. Not to mention don't forget that the topic of Currency Manipulation has belled in the mouths of Congress, Media- whores and Press-itutes. The direct aim of blame for that China.

Understand my fellow humans, the real war is NOT on black and white. The war is not on Muslims and Christians. They are all very well played distractions. Not saying they are not issues and need to be addressed but it goes into the saying of how to kill a snake...get rid of the head. Too many people have fallen back rather it be because of the election results or because the TPP is "dead". 

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You have to stay informed and vigilant. We will be continuing this series of the RCEP as the days go along and new vetted relevant information comes down the wire.

   

👀 Do not forget 👀

The government does not fight for US, the People, no matter what territory your are on they solely fight for themselves & their "G.O.D." (Gold, Oil & Drugs).

Keep these organization in mind when certain action are taken by certain countries and where the holes of information are and why.