Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Legislation Bill

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This omnibus bill will enable: the issue of New Zealand certificates of origin on goods for export negotiated between New Zealand, Australia, China, Japan, South Korea, and the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN); the application of preferential tariff rates under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (the RCEP); and transitional safeguard measures to be applied in appropriate circumstances on imports originating from the RCEP parties.