EU – the huge market with 27 members is one of the most important trade partners of Vietnam.  In recent years, Vietnam – EU trade relations have developed significantly. In 1995, the two sides signed a Framework Cooperation Agreement. Vietnam and EU relation are further strengthened through signing off Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA). Vietnam and EU intend to launch a free trade negotiation with large and deep market access commitments.

Prof Claudio Dordi - Professor of International Law at Bocconi University (Milan), and MUTRAP III Team Leader Mr Federico Lupo Pasini - Lawyer and consultant specialized in international economic law and policy. Based in Hanoi. This analysis chose four Free Trade Agreements that for their modernity and their similarities with the kind of FTA will be proposed by the EU, will be more likely a useful benchmark on which evaluate the EU’s demand vis-à-vis Vietnam. The Agreements are:

Prof Claudio Dordi - Professor of International Law at Bocconi University (Milan), and MUTRAP III Team LeaderMr Federico Lupo Pasini - Lawyer and consultant specialized in international economic law and policy. Based in Hanoi.