<h1>Regional economic integration under RCEP to expand market access and require flexibility to address participant sensitivities.</h1> Regional economic integration through RCEP aims to broaden market access and deepen trade and investment ties via comprehensive agreements on Trade in Goods, Trade in Services and Investment. Negotiations are conducted through a Trade Negotiating Committee and three working groups; diversity among participants necessitates cooperation, compromise and flexibility to address individual country sensitivities while pursuing a single schedule and substantive, programme-driven negotiation rounds.