Commodity traders and analysts are struggling to map out how China will reach the eye-popping amounts it is committing to buy from the United States under Phase 1 of their trade deal.

Vietnam's exports of fruit and vegetables reached more than US$3.7 billion in 2019, down 1.9% compared to 2018, which was mainly due to the sharp decline in export quantity and revenue regarding the Chinese market, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday advanced a bill to implement a new North American trade deal known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), moving it one step closer to ratification in the United States.

Members of the Vietnam Auto Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA) reported a year-on-year sales surge of 12 percent in 2019, riding on hefty festive discounts and promotional programmes.

Job losses and higher prices for Champagne and other top European wines in the US would be inevitable under 100% import tariffs, US industry leaders have warned as the Trump administration deliberates on its next move.

China has pledged to buy almost $80 billion of additional manufactured goods from the United States over the next two years as part of a trade war truce, according to a source, a target that could provide a much-needed boost for planemaker Boeing but is being questioned by U.S. trade experts.

Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Tuấn Anh has asked agencies and organisations in all localities to strengthen the fight against corruption and trade fraud.

Regarding the export target of above US$285 billion this year, an increase of 8 percent over last year, many enterprises said that this target is hard to achieve, especially amid the context that many markets have been putting up several technical and trade barriers for goods exported from Vietnam.

The U.S. and China signed what they billed as the first phase of a broader trade pact on Wednesday amid persistent questions over whether President Donald Trump’s efforts to rewrite the economic relationship with Beijing will ever go any further.

Việt Nam has been unable to gain export growth to all CPTPP member countries, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.