Once the EU-Việt Nam Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (VPA-FLEGT) comes into force, there will be opportunities for Việt Nam to export more wooden products to Europe and other markets, delegates told a seminar in HCM City on Tuesday.

Trade Undersecretary Ceferino S. Rodolfo said Vietnam is in discussions with the Philippine government for the sourcing of textiles.

RUTH Davidson is either confused or is deliberately obfuscating on Brexit (“Scottish Tories ready to flex their muscles”, The Herald June 12). Weekend reports had her demanding an "open Brexit" that prioritises free trade over limiting immigration, but, alternatively, having access as now to the single market and staying out of the Common Fisheries Policy (the "Norway model"). These two positions are contradictory because the EU is designed solely to be a protectionist bloc.

Last week's election results in the United Kingdom makes free trade agreements between Australia and the EU and Britain much harder, with Britain unable to influence EU thinking in Australia's favour, and itself too distracted by an uncertain Brexit to pursue any bilateral trade deals of its own.

China and Singapore will do their best to expedite talks on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Singapore's foreign minister said, calling the potential pact a statement on the importance of free trade.

The European Commission is negotiating a free trade deal with Japan behind closed doors. Critics complain that Brussels has learned nothing from the controversy surrounding CETA and TTIP. EURACTIV Germany reports.

Swiss Ambassador Andrea Reichlin has urged the Philippines to ratify the free trade agreement (FTA) with European Free Trade Association (EFTA) in order for the deal to become enforceable.

Two-way trade between Việt Nam and the European Union (EU) grew 16.2 per cent year-on-year in the first five months of 2017, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday she hoped the European Union and Mexico will agree a free trade deal by the end of this year, during a press briefing in Mexico City.

Vietnam Economic News’ Nhat Quang recorded the opinions of APEC senior officials on the sidelines of their second meeting (SOM 2) in Hanoi last month. Most of them believe the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum will open up big opportunities not only for the Vietnamese economy but also for businesses to integrate into the regional and global economies.