GLOBALink | China's trade with RCEP members sustains steady growth

STORY: China's trade with RCEP members sustains steady growth DATELINE: April 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: various of containersSOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): NGUYEN HUU QUAN, Commercial Consul of Consulate General of Vietnam in Nanningvarious of vesselsSOUNDBITE 2 (Thai): BENJAMAS TANVETYANONT, Consul general of Thailand in NanningSOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): DENG WEI, Staff member, China Railway Nanning Group Co., Ltd.various of trains STORYLINE: Trade between China and members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) has seen steady growth since the trade agreement took effect at the beginning of this year, the latest official data showed. According to the General Administration of Customs (GAC), China's trade with the other 14 member states expanded 6.9 percent year on year to 2.86 trillion yuan (about 448.6 billion U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of 2022, accounting for 30.4 percent of China's total foreign trade value. The world's largest f