Note: This article was originally published in Bangkok Post on 7 October 2019. The 8th ERIA Editors' Roundtable which organised by the ERIA and Bangkok Post, was featured.

The secretary-general of Asean, Dato Paduka Lim Jock Hoi, expressed his confidence that the long-awaited Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will be completed in principle before Thailand's chairmanship ends at the end of this year. (Read the full article by using the link above).