Representatives of the Thai and Chilean governments have agreed to expand their Free Trade Agreement, signed in 2015, during their first bilateral meeting since the agreement was put into effect, the Thai Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on Thursday.

Innovation is a driver of economic growth, especially in the context of the fourth Industrial Revolution, known as Revolution 4.0.

G20 merchandise trade growth accelerates in Q1 2017

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the best window to complete the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is by early January, well before Mexico's general elections and U.S. congressional elections in 2018.

The US is open to resuming talks on the stalled free trade deal with the European Union, commerce secretary Wilbur Ross said on Tuesday (31 May).

US businesses must engage more strongly in Việt Nam’s economic restructuring, especially in the finance-banking sector and in State-owned enterprise equitisation, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said on Tuesday.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on Tuesday he would sign deals for U.S. goods and services worth $15 billion to $17 billion during his visit to Washington, D.C., mainly for high technology products and for services.

Mr. Adam Sitkoff, Managing Director of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Vietnam, talks with VietNamNet’s Dieu Thuy about trade and investment between Vietnam and the US on the occasion of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s visit to the US.

The other 11 member countries of TPP have decided to move ahead without the US, which once took the leading role in the deal.

There was clearly huge pressure on India to conclude negotiations this year and to make major concessions in goods, services and investment at the ministerial of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnershipin Hanoi (May 21-22).