Australia remains unyielding in its pursuit of a case at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against China’s wine tariffs, its Agriculture Minister has maintained, potentially impeding the anticipated discussions on lifting wine tariffs.

This could enable China to bridge the technological gap that the US is determined to maintain, and position China as a world leader in chip production.

Many major retailers see Vietnam as an important goods production and supply source, and are looking for more Vietnamese supplies and partners.

Several Southeast Asian companies are considering listing in the United States, banking on strong investor appetite for emerging market growth in the absence of Chinese stock offerings.

Factory worker Lubna Babar was made redundant at the beginning of the year, a victim of a crisis in the Pakistan textile industry that has seen it lose ground to more nimble Asian competitors.

Supply chains are shifting away from China — the world's factory floor for the last four decades — toward other low-cost manufacturing hubs in Asia.

President Vo Van Thuong affirmed that Vietnam – Japan relations are in the best stage of development ever and have full basis to raise them to new heights in the near future.

Vietnam has become one of the leading countries in Southeast Asia in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), according to an article published on September 21 on the website gfmag.com of Global Finance Magazine.

The Prime Minister wants Apple to turn Vietnam into an increasingly important base and link in the corporation's supply and production chain.

In the current context of the global economy, Việt Nam and Bangladesh need to strengthen cooperation, facilitate trade for each other, and enhance connections between their businesses to maintain existing supply chains, jointly attract capital and technology to develop new industrial supply chains with high added value.