He said the negotiations will be held virtually, led by Deputy Secretary-General (trade) MITI, Mastura Ahmad Mustafa as Malaysia’s chief negotiator, alongside the Assistant US Trade Representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Sarah Ellerman.
The Vietnamese Trade Office in Indonesia has been taking various measures to actively support Vietnamese enterprises in entering Indonesia, given that it is a protected market with many non-tariff barriers, according to Trade Counsellor Pham The Cuong.
Vietnam and Canada have enjoyed robust trade ties thanks to opportunities brought by the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) that took effect in Vietnam from January 14, 2019, heard a conference held in Hanoi on March 23.
Business communities of India and ASEAN should work to resolve their differences, remove non-tariff barriers, ensure sanctity of rules of origin and open markets to expand two-way trade, Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on August 27.
The Vietnamese Government always endorses and creates favourable conditions for Vietnamese and Russian enterprises to boost cooperation, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung said on December 11.
With a record trade surplus of 9.12 billion USD over the first 11 months and year-on-year export growth of 7.8 percent, experts believe that 2019 will be the fourth straight year Vietnam will post a trade surplus.
The EU-Vietnam free trade agreement (EVFTA) is expected to bring great opportunities for exporters of Vietnam and the Mekong Delta region in particular. However, insiders have advised Vietnamese firms to improve their products’ quality to overcome barriers in the choosy EU market.
The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU-Vietnam Investment Promotion Agreement (EVIPA) will help promote the comprehensive partnership and trade relations between Vietnam and the EU, as heard a seminar held in Brussels on June 24.
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will bring more opportunities than challenges to businesses, so they should swiftly make use of this deal to promote export, heard a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on March 26.
Singaporean Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing on May 21 said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should undertake a collective stance in favour of a free trading system while combating against protectionism.
The New Zealand government said on October 17 that it is to review its free trade agreement (FTA) with ASEAN, citing a rising number of non-tariff barriers that hinder bilateral trade.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal is set to facilitate trade and investment, bringing more benefits to production, business, workers and consumers.
Vietnam and India should focus on fully tapping economic cooperation potential, especially in electricity production, the steel industry, hi-technology, sea port construction, hotel development.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has unveiled that it is tearing down tariff barriers on imports from other ASEAN nations as part of forming the world's 7th largest free-trade market.
