Advance RCEP to counter US trade war

There are three ways to look at the United States challenging the global free trade order with its "tariff stick".

According to a World Trade Organization report, countries joining the WTO led to an average 140 percent increase in trade with members and raised economic growth rates by 1.5 percentage points.

By 2035, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is expected to boost the ASEAN's GDP growth by 4.47 percentage points.