Orders pour in amid China-US dispute, but concerns persist

The Trump administration is stepping up pressure on the European Union to end the long subsidy fight involving the world’s biggest aircraft makers.

South Korea's finance minister on Monday pressed Japan to withdraw its export restrictions on key semiconductor materials as the Japanese move could have a negative impact on the global economy.

India is investigating steel dumping allegations made against Vietnam and other countries by domestic producers.

The Pacific-wide free trade agreement has already come into force in 7 out of the 11 member countries

Representatives from the European Union and Vietnam have officially signed the landmark EU-Vietnam Trade Agreement (EVFTA), paving the way for closer cooperation between the trade bloc and the Southeast Asian country. Talking to WTR, IP practitioners in Vietnam claim that the EVFTA will improve the country’s intellectual property ecosystem, including significant changes to the trademark, design and GI system.

Vietnam has become more attractive to foreign investors than ever before as various freshly-inked new-generation free trade deals, including the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), are expected to facilitate trade and benefit foreign enterprises.

Vietnamese manufacturers should use domestically-sourced raw materials to avoid incurring U.S. tariffs, Vietnam's foreign ministry said on Thursday, days after Washington said it would impose large duties on some steel products shipped through the Southeast Asian country.

US tariffs against China must be lifted for the two sides to reach a deal to end the trade war, the Chinese commerce ministry said Thursday.

South Korea warned Thursday of "corresponding measures" against Japan's move to restrict key supplies for the nation's semiconductor industry and renewed its pledge to develop home-grown materials, in a major escalation of a long-simmering row over compensation for wartime forced labor.