In central China's Zhengzhou city, a new round of negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership has entered a second day. RCEP is a proposed free trade agreement involving ASEAN members and Asia-Pacific countries. The ten-day talks will pave the way for a ministerial conference next week in Beijing. CGTN is joined in studio by Liu Zhiqin, a senior fellow at the Chongyang Institution for Financial Studies, at the Renmin University of China.