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Enter RCEP: The World’s Largest Free Trade Agreement

Logistics Viewpoints

In line with these pandemic times, while the ASEAN meeting was nominally held in Hanoi, Vietnam, it was a virtual signing ceremony that saw 15 countries in Asia Pacific become part of what is now the world’s largest free trade agreement, representing 30 percent of global gross domestic product and encompassing almost 2.3 billion people.

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A Year In Events: Looking Back At 2016 (US Edition)

EcoVadis

Presentations on successes achieved improving labor conditions in China were subsequently followed by the challenges of doing business in the very new – and inherently risky – labor market of Myanmar. GEMI Spring Meeting – Science-Based Targets (Washington, D.C.). Meet the EcoVadis Team.