The Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, represented Australia at the 11th Intersessional Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting held virtually on 14 October 2020. Ministers welcomed the progress made by the RCEP Trade Negotiating Committee and the Working Group of Legal and Institutional Issues in ensuring a timely completion of all the work. Ministers also discussed the status of the RCEP Agreement with a view to preparing it for signing in 2020 and reconfirmed that RCEP remains open to India.