The European Parliament and Council have been urged by Human Rights Watch (HRW) to postpone the ratification of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) until Hanoi relaxes its restrictions on citizens’ rights.

U.S. officials used three days of trade talks in Beijing to demand more details on China’s pledge to make big purchases of American goods, as well as to push for ways to hold China to any commitments on changes to industrial policies.

Japan has lifted its ban on importing British beef, which has been in place since the height of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) epidemic in 1996.

Australia is a promising market of Vietnam as the country spends 600 billion USD each year on imports.

Ukraine and Canada will hold talks this year on extending the effect of the free trade agreement to the sphere of services and investment, Ukraine's Ambassador to Canada Andriy Shevchenko has said in an interview with Ukrinform.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday that China consistently advocates for the building of regional free trade arrangements in line with the World Trade Organization (WTO) principles.

A no-deal Brexit would have profound economic consequences with GDP shrinking by up to 8%, putting thousands of jobs at risk, the Confederation of British Industry is to warn.

Trump is setting himself up for a fight with congressional Republicans if he seeks to expand his unilateral tariff powers or proceed with threatened duties on imports of cars and auto parts.

President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States was having tremendous success in its trade negotiations with China, a day after U.S. and Chinese officials concluded three days of talks in Beijing.

The United States says talks in Beijing on ending a bruising trade war focused on Chinese promises to buy more American goods, but gave no indication of progress on resolving disputes over Beijing's technology ambitions and other thorny issues.