The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) continued to make headlines this week. Ahead of his visit to Bangkok on 11th and 12th October for the final round of RCEP negotiations, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal stressed that India cannot choose to isolate itself from a large trading bloc like this. The trade among RCEP countries is estimated to be worth $2.8 trillion. Whether India chooses to be a part of this bloc or resists it will hopefully be answered over the weekend. In other news, Credit Suisse, in a report, said that India could be a potential winner from the US-China trade war. The report estimates that sooner or later, global sales of $1 trillion, which includes $350-550 billion of exports, will move out of China if trade tensions continue to rise. With the US and China indicating their willingness to resume trade talks, India’s policymakers and exporters will have to move fast to capitalize on the window of opportunity. The upcoming foreign trade policy may have a roadmap for this, which will be particularly important given the general decline in commodity export forecasts this week.