Time: 8:00 - 11:30 on Thursday, May 23, 2019 Location: Hall 1 - 7th Floor - VCCI Headquarters, No. 9 Dao Duy Anh, Dong Da, Hanoi (Old Building)

Ken Research suggests that the car rental market in Vietnam is fragmented and nascent, which provides immense opportunity to tap the market with technology advancements.

As has been the case for several emerging Asian countries, Vietnam has followed an export-led growth model, combining trade liberalization and foreign direct investment promotion to spur exports.

The European Union (EU) Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said in Brussels on Friday that the bloc is prepared to negotiate a limited trade deal with the United States including cars.

Negotiations between the U.S. and China appear to have stalled as both sides dig in after disagreements earlier this month.

Peruvian Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Edgar Vasquez on Wednesday highlighted the recent signing of the Free Trade Agreement between Peru and the United Kingdom. In this sense, Minister Vasquez and British Ambassador to Ecuador Katherine Ward inked the accord in the city of Quito.

Those parts relating to Hong Kong and five Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries, under the Investment Agreement (IA) between Hong Kong and ASEAN, will enter into force on June 17, a spokesperson for China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government was cited by China’s Xinhua News Agency on May 16.

On May 13, 2019, China's delegation to the World Trade Organization (WTO) submitted a long-awaited proposal on WTO reform. Due to the U.S.' block of the appointment of judges of the WTO's Appellate Body (AB), the AB will cease to function at the end of 2019, thus paralyzing the dispute settlement mechanism, which lies at the heart of the world trading system and is hailed as the crown of pearl of the WTO.

President Donald Trump’s decision to lift steel and aluminum tariffs on Mexico and Canada is welcome news for the U.S. pork industry. It also comes at a time when American pork producers are hurting from the escalating U.S.-China trade war.

A delegation of Vietnamese businesses has visited Canada to promote textile and garment exports to the North American nation under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).