Malaysia and Japan have discussed bilateral trade cooperation, the agricultural sector and Malaysia’s role as a halal hub that can be beneficial to Japan, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (KPKM).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is also Chairman of the Coordinating Council for the Southeastern Region, chaired the council’s third conference in the southern province of Tay Ninh on May 5.

Seafood businesses are facing problems related to food safety certificates (H/C) of seafood raw materials imported from New Zealand for processing and export to the EU.

As demand soars and trade policies favor, Vietnam's wood industry surges, yet hurdles loom in regulatory scrutiny and market diversification.

After several large companies expanded their business operation including the Toyota Tsusho Manufacturing Corporation (Cambodia) Co Ltd, the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) urged Japanese investors to explore more investment opportunities in the Kingdom.

The Philippines and Korea aim to launch a free trade agreement (FTA) information portal in the fourth quarter of the year, which is part of a project they are developing to optimize their FTA and other FTAs of the country.

Coffee export businesses are wary over an October start for the harvest season, meaning healthy export figures thus far in 2024 may be dampened by dwindling supply.

The sixth round of the Asean-China Free Trade Area 3.0 Upgrade Negotiations was held on April 22-26 in Singapore.

In recent years, China has found itself navigating a period of subdued inflation, stirring concerns within the market of a potential deflationary spiral. This phenomenon bears a resemblance to the country's economic situation from 1998 to 2000, where it grappled with a similar macroeconomic environment.

With Vietnamese coffee accounting for only 2.2% of the market share in Singapore, there are sanguine prospects ahead for the product to further make inroads into the demanding market moving forward, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Singapore.