Anand Sharma (R) says not joining a ‘strategic blunder’, Jairam Ramesh says Delhi right in not joining bloc. A year ago, the Congress had asked the government to not sign the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement and claimed credit when the Centre decided to put on hold its decision to join the RCEP. Both were members of the UPA government which had decided to join the negotiations for RCEP in 2012. 15 nations in our region are members of RCEP, India is not among them. There are pros and cons to India joining RCEP.

Source: Indian Express November 17, 2020 20:17 UTC