EVEN after India quit negotiations to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) two years ago, the currently 15-nation trade deal is still open for the South Asian country to join, according to a senior Japanese official.

The United States, the European Union and largely western allies have blocked Belarus' bid to join the World Trade Organization, saying its complicity in Russia's invasion of Ukraine makes it unfit for membership in the global trade group.

In order to export two types of fruit, pomelo and lemon, to the New Zealand market, the Plant Protection Department has finalised a technical dossier and consulted all relevant units.

Vietnam is the fifth largest tea supplier to the United States, with the share of tea imports from the nation as part of total US tea imports increasing by 0.5 percentage points compared to January, 2021.

World Bank Vice President for East Asia and Pacific Manuela V. Ferro on March 25 concluded a five-day visit to Vietnam, reaffirming the institution’s commitment to supporting Vietnam in realizing its goals of becoming a high-income economy by 2045 and reaching net zero emissions by 2050.

Vietnam’s exports of wood and wooden products are expected to rake in 18.5 billion USD in 2025 and 20.4 billion USD in 2030, per a project freshly approved by Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh on March 10.

Key areas of India's interest are computer related services, audio visual, education, health, tourism, travel, professionals services like nursing, engineering, and accountancy.

South Korea and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will begin the fourth round of official talks for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) in Seoul on Monday for a four-day run, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela and Grenada, in collaboration with the Grenada Investment Development Corporation (GIDC), recently held a seminar in both in-person and online formats to promote cooperation in investment between the two countries.

The U.S. Trade Representative's office said on Wednesday it has reinstated 352 expired product exclusions from U.S. "Section 301" tariffs on Chinese imports, well short of the 549 exclusions that it was previously considering.