Vietnam has strong potential to become a logistics hub, with its 3,260 km coastline, deep-water ports, airports, railways and extensive transport networks.

Manila’s surprise 60-day suspension has rattled Vietnam’s rice market, prompting calls for storage aid and debt relief to shield farmers and exporters.

President Donald Trump said there was “nothing to worry about” in his relationship with India, even as the US pushed forward with a 50% tariff on many goods from the country to punish New Delhi for purchases of Russian energy.

China on Friday placed preliminary anti-dumping duties as high as 62.4% on pork imports worth over US$2 billion (RM8.4 billion) from the European Union, deepening a trade dispute with the bloc arising from its tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

U.S. authorities are investigating a bogus email purportedly from a Republican lawmaker that contained malware apparently aimed at giving China insights into the Trump administration's trade talks with Beijing, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

Additional secretary Amitabh Kumar, representing commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal, underlined the need for an ‘open, fair, inclusive and non-discriminatory multinational trading system with the WTO at its core’.

The expected treaty may offer investors from Israel and India protection based on international norms, promises non-discriminatory minimum treatment, and independent arbitration

Vietnam has many advantages to become a new logistics center of the region. However, the big problem is related to logistics costs, which currently account for 20 - 25% of product costs.

According to the Department of Industry and Trade of Lam Dong province, from August 27 until now, the volume of vehicles carrying export goods from Lam Dong to border gates in Lang Son province has increased dramatically.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday implementing his trade agreement with Japan, with a maximum 15% tariff on most of its products, including automobiles and parts.