00:00New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has arrived at the Kuala Lumpur Convention
00:07Centre for the High-Level Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Summit and the East
00:12Asia Summit.
00:14The two meetings are part of the 47th ASEAN Summit and related summits.
00:18Luxon arrived at 2.12pm and was welcomed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
00:25The ASEAN-led RCEP is the world's largest trade pact and involves all ten ASEAN members
00:31and five partners – New Zealand, China, Japan, South Korea and Australia.
00:38It came into force in 2022 and aims to lower tariffs, boost investment and allow freer
00:45movement of goods within the region.
00:47Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Chile and Bangladesh have recently expressed interest in joining the
00:53RCEP.
00:54The East Asia Summit will involve 19 participants.
00:58They are the ASEAN Member States Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic
01:02of Korea, Russia and the United States.
01:06RCEP.
01:07The East Asia Summit will also build
01:23a tremendous and large row of Japan.
01:25The Texas ASEAN Member States terrestrom signed financial services today is started.
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