RCEP: As talks roll on, protest meets and marches coming up in Hyderabad

The negotiations is crucial as members are expected to finalise the broad contours of the agreement

The 19th round of negotiations on the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which began on Tuesday in Hyderabad, may see some of the most concerted protests by civil society groups so far. 

The RCEP is a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between the 10 countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and six others with which this bloc has FTAs, namely, Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, and New Zealand. 

The current round of negotiations is crucial as members are expected to finalise the broad contours of the agreement. 

These will include members making their second round