The only amendment to Theresa May’s Brexit deal to be voted on in the Commons has been heavily defeated, after three other amendments selected for votes were unexpectedly pulled at the last minute by the MPs and parties who tabled them.

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), which came into force in Vietnam on January 14, will support free trade amid ongoing global trade tensions, according to HSBC Vietnam.

The prices of imported automobiles in the Vietnamese market may not reduce as much as expected after the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) came into effect on Monday, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

After over a year of negotiations, last week the Chilean Senate of Valparaiso finally approved a Free Trade Agreement between Chile and Argentina.

Three cargoes of U.S. crude are heading to China from the U.S. Gulf Coast, trade sources said on Monday, the first departures since late September and a 90-day pause in the two countries’ trade war that began last month.

Israel and Japan are in talks to enter a free trade agreement between the countries. Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry Hiroshige Sekō met Tuesday with his Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. In his third visit to Israel since assuming his position, Sekō is leading a delegation of Japanese officials and businesspeople, including executives from Mitsubishi Corporation, Toshiba Corporation, and Sony.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has assured lawmakers that companies will be able to request exclusions on tariffs on $200 billion worth of goods under discussion with Beijing if talks do not yield a deal by the March 2 deadline.

The first Mekong Delta Forum on developing the partnership between Vietnam and Australia in organic agriculture was held in An Giang province on January 14.

The second session of the Vietnam-UK Working Group on Trade and Investment Dialogue took place in London from January 14-15, focusing on orientations for cooperation after the UK’s exit from the European Union (Brexit).

Vietnam’s textile and garment sector is hoped to make breakthroughs in 2019 based on successes and momentum last year.