Isivumelwano se-RCEP siqala ukusebenza

(umthombo asean.org)

I-JAKARTA, 1 Januwari 2022– Isivumelwano seRegional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) siqala ukusebenza namhlanje e-Australia, eBrunei Darussalam, eCambodia, eTshayina, eJapan, eLao PDR, eNew Zealand, eSingapore, eThailand naseVietnam, sivula indlela yokudalwa kwendawo enkulu yorhwebo olukhululekileyo kwihlabathi.

Ngokwedatha yeBhanki yeHlabathi, esi sivumelwano siza kugubungela abantu abayi-2.3 yeebhiliyoni okanye i-30% yabemi behlabathi, sinikele nge-US$ 25.8 trillion malunga ne-30% ye-GDP yehlabathi, kwaye sibeke i-US$ 12.7 trillion, ngaphezulu kwekota yorhwebo lwehlabathi kwiimpahla neenkonzo, kunye ne-31% yengeniso ye-FDI yehlabathi.

Isivumelwano se-RCEP siza kuqala ukusebenza ngomhla woku-1 kuFebruwari 2022 kwiRiphabliki yaseKorea. Ngokuphathelele amazwe aseleyo asatyikityileyo, iSivumelwano se-RCEP siza kuqala ukusebenza kwiintsuku ezingama-60 emva kokufakwa kwesixhobo sawo sokuqinisekiswa, ukwamkelwa, okanye ukuvunywa kuNobhala-Jikelele we-ASEAN njengoMgcini weSivumelwano se-RCEP.

Ukuqala kokusebenza kweSivumelwano se-RCEP kukubonakalisa ukuzimisela kommandla ukugcina iimarike zivulekile; ukomeleza ukuhlanganiswa koqoqosho lwengingqi; ukuxhasa inkqubo yorhwebo yamazwe ngamazwe evulelekileyo, ekhululekileyo, enobulungisa, ebandakanya wonke umntu, nesekelwe kwimithetho; kwaye, ekugqibeleni, ukufaka isandla kwimizamo yokubuyisela imeko emva kobhubhane kwihlabathi liphela.

Ngokusebenzisa izibophelelo ezintsha zokufikelela kwimarike kunye nemithetho yanamhlanje elungelelanisiweyo neyenza kube lula urhwebo notyalo-mali, i-RCEP ithembisa ukubonelela ngamathuba amatsha oshishino kunye nemisebenzi, ukuqinisa imixokelelwane yokubonelela kulo mmandla, kunye nokukhuthaza ukuthatha inxaxheba kwamashishini amancinci, amancinci naphakathi kwimixokelelwane yexabiso lengingqi kunye neendawo zemveliso.

I-ASEAN Secretariat isazimisele ukuxhasa inkqubo ye-RCEP ukuqinisekisa ukuba iyasebenza ngempumelelo.

(Isatifikethi sokuqala se-RCEP sisetyenziselwa iGuangdong Light Houseware Co., LTD.)