Trade Minister Ivan McKee and Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon highlighted the "stark contrast" between UK and EU trade deals regarding New Zealand.

The UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKFTA) has given a big push to Vietnamese exports, but insiders said firms still have much to do to make the most of the deal.

Luong Hoang Thai, Director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Multilateral Trade Policy Department, spoke to Vietnam Economic News’ Thu Phuong about the implementation of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) over the past two years. The growing use of certificates of origin (C/Os) for key Vietnamese exports reflects business efforts to seriously implement Vietnam’s tariff commitments under the trade deal, he said.

Shrimp exports tend to slow down in many major markets, shrimp exporters have many flexible solutions to cope.

The UK – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) is opening significant opportunities for enterprises from both sides to enhance cooperation in green energy transition and digital transformation as the Southeast Asian country strives to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and embrace new drivers for economic growth.

The United States and Taiwan have announced they will begin trade deal negotiations this fall, the latest move to stoke Bejing’s ire after top-level US congressional visits to the self-governing island.

European experts, while attending a meeting in Brussels on August 18, agreed that the Vietnamese economy has witnessed spectacular developments in all fields, especially in trade, in recent times.

This year’s entry into force of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on 1 January 2022 creates the largest free trade agreement in history, embracing China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and 10 Asean member states.

The duty is aimed at ensuring fair trading practices and creating a level-playing field for domestic producers vis-a-vis foreign producers and exporters

Gu Yahong, deputy general manager of Jiangsu General Science Technology Co., Ltd., has been remotely keeping an eye on the construction of a company plant in the Chinese-invested Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) in Cambodia, almost 3,000 km away from east China's Jiangsu Province.