The UK will be told to lift its ban on hormone-treated beef to achieve its post-Brexit dream of joining a key trade bloc, a leaked government memo suggests.

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has touched every aspect of society, has failed to cool down the startup and innovation spirit but, on the contrary, created major influence, contributing to economic development and recovery, according to insiders.

With their current heyday in bilateral relationship in trade and investment, Vietnam and the Republic of Korea are expected to see a brighter shared outlook thanks to a new trade deal and a new cooperation framework on the way.

The Japanese market boasts a large demand for imported agricultural, seafood and other food products and is also considered a market with huge potential for Vietnamese enterprises in 2022, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Japan.

Since Taiwan’s accession to the WTO in 2002, China has used its political clout and massive market to influence the international community’s attitude toward the nation’s participation in international organizations.

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership forecast to boost intraregional trade by nearly 2 per cent, or about US$42 billion. But the potential benefits in some sectors like e-commerce or for workers are uncertain, due to limitations in its scope, experts say

Vietnam is expected to become a new production hub of the world, as “Made in Vietnam” products are winning larger shares in the international market, according to Russia's Sputnik news agency.

In a fresh sign that the US' at its wits end trying to rebuild economic clout in the Asia-Pacific region, something that has faded into invisibility since its withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in 2017, the Biden administration is purportedly ready to unveil a new economic strategy for the region, where a China-participating mega trade deal has been all the rage.

The UK and South Korea today (Monday 7 February) signed an agreement to reinforce pandemic-damaged supply lines for key products like semiconductors.

The EU-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) has opened up unprecedented opportunities for Vietnamese rice. Thanks to the preferential tariffs, the export of jasmine rice and high-quality rice to the EU has never been so good.