A seminar to promote exchange and cooperation among sectors, enterprises, and organisations of Vietnam and the US was held in Hanoi on May 23 by the Vietnam-US Society under the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO).

Trade negotiations between the world's largest economies stalled this month after the US said China reneged on previous commitments in a draft agreement, leading both sides to raise tariffs on each other.

Many Vietnamese enterprises are keeping a close eye on the escalating US-China trade war and have expressed concern about its possible adverse impact on their business.

Twenty one member economies of the Asia – Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum have voiced their support for free trade in the context that global economy is being affected by the US-China trade war.

There remains much potential for expanding and diversifying trade between Vietnam and Brazil, and the countries’ governments should act to create conditions for that potential to be tapped into, said Brazilian Ambassador Fernando Apparicio da Silva.

Canada will move quickly to ratify the new North American trade pact, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Saturday, a day after the United States agreed to lift tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium.

Norway and China are today (May 20) set to sign agreements on market access for Norwegian salmon, fishmeal and oil, the Norwegian government has announced.

Intensification of tariff dispute also likely to knock almost $600bn off world economy

Vietnam-Russia economic and trade relations have been growing continuously over the past years, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

1. On May13th, Foreign Minister Taro Kono and H.E. Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary General of ASEAN, who is visiting Japan as a guest of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, signed the Japan-ASEAN Technical Cooperation Agreement (TCA) in Tokyo.