Canada and India are quietly setting the stage to reboot formal free trade talks as the Trudeau government seeks economic alternatives to China following the dispute over the Meng Wanzhou-two Michaels affair.

The pandemic has not only disrupted production and business activities of enterprises, but has been negatively affecting economic dynamics in the short and medium term.

The Plant Protection Department (PPD) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA) and the IDH Stitching Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) on Thursday introduced a programme supporting exports of quality black pepper from Việt Nam to the EU.

Among former US president Donald Trump’s many policy mistakes, some of the worst were in the area of trade. His administration’s sweeping tariffs on imported steel and aluminum were neither sensible nor even effective in achieving their stated objectives.

Economic and trade ties between Việt Nam and Switzerland have developed strongly and effectively across spheres, and would grow further in the future.

The United States on Tuesday agreed to consider restoring India’s Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) trade privilege, even as the two nations decided to expand bilateral commerce in agricultural and food products in addition to discussing ways to bring down targeted tariffs imposed on imports from each other.

Despite the difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the two-way trade turnover between Việt Nam and the European Union (EU) in the first ten months continued to grow.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement will come into effect on Jan 1, 2022.

Việt Nam and Russia have vowed to boost agricultural and aquatic trade ties during a webinar to study the Russian market and increase the export of agricultural and aquatic products to the country.

In search of an Asia-Pacific strategy that doesn't rely on China, the Trudeau government has revived its push toward preferential trade with the 10 countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).