Chinese Vice-Commerce Minister and top trade negotiator Wang Shouwen also expressed confidence that the differences on RCEP would be resolved by the end of this year

RCEP trade deal: China said that the agreement is conducive to Indian goods' entry into China and other participating markets.

Piyush Goyal said that the lesson to be learnt from these negotiations is that one should never finalise a trade agrement in a hurry like it was done in 2010-11 with Japan, Korea, and ASEAN

China also said it would welcome India joining the deal at an early date.

RCEP trade deal: Congress also said that signing the RCEP would have been catastrophic given the \"rampant unemployment, a sinking economy and deep agrarian crisis emanating from utter mismanagement of economy by BJP Government\".

RCEP trade deal: The group said that the Indian govt should not agree to the RCEP even in future as it will be a 'bad deal for democracy, for farmers, workers, will subvert our sovereign laws and compromise India's industrialisation potential'.