U.S. and Chinese trade negotiations concluded in Spain Monday, after two days of talks on several sticking points ranging from tariff rates, export controls and the imminent deadline for a divestment of Chinese-owned TikTok.

The EU is among the world’s top three importers of farm produce, but Vietnam holds only a 2% share – still modest compared to its agricultural production capacity and potential, which indicates vast growth potential in the EU if backed by a proper strategy.

Tith Rithipol, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Commerce, on Saturday led a Cambodian delegation to a key conference on the connectivity of production, distribution and logistics enterprises between Vietnam and Cambodia.

China has intensified its trade confrontation with the United States by opening dual investigations into American semiconductor imports, a move analysts see as both retaliatory and strategic ahead of critical trade talks in Madrid.

Scientific breeding and private innovation propelled Vietnam’s exports, but branding battles now threaten progress.

The ratification of the agreement not only reaffirms its steadfast commitment to a rules-based, fair, and sustainable international trading order but also brings tangible domestic benefits.

Southeast Asian nations have long expanded exports by attracting foreign companies, but now face the need to upgrade their own industrial capacity amid the destabilisation of the global trade order triggered by US President Trump’s tariffs.

Once focused solely on exports, the pangasius industry now aims to win over Vietnamese consumers to boost sustainability.

According to the Việt Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Produces, the US’ decisions on declining to acknowledge Việt Nam’s equivalence to 12 seafood harvesting methods affect key export products such as tuna, mackerel, lobster, crab, squid, grouper, swordfish, snapper, mullet and billfish.

According to preliminary statistics from Vietnam's Customs Department, as of August 15 this year the country's shrimp exports to China (including Hong Kong) surged by up to 76% over the same period last year, reaching nearly 767 million USD and accounting for nearly 29% of the country's total shrimp export turnover.