International Trade and Regional Integration
Sri Lanka is actively engaging with major regional trade arrangements and international partnerships, including discussions about RCEP membership and its role as a trade player. The focus is on whether Sri Lanka will participate as a producer and exporter or primarily as a consumer market.
"Are we entering RCEP as a producer or just a market?" — buddy, we're entering as a question mark with a trade deficit. At least we're consistent: we've been asking ourselves who we are economically for about 75 years now.
#SriLanka is seeking entry into one of the world’s largest #trade arrangements. But are we entering as a producer, exporter and investment platform, or merely as another #market for goods made elsewhere? In my latest op-ed for @TheMorningLK, I argue that #RCEP cannot become https://t.co/GxmHqIcFLb