Vietnamese and US agencies will continue their coordination in order to maintain trade ties between the two countries, towards harmonious, sustainable, and mutually beneficial trade balance.
Tran Tuan Anh, Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission, Minister of Industry and Trade and Chairman of the Vietnam-US Trade and Investment Framework Agreement Council (TIFA) (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese and US agencies will continue theircoordination in order to maintain trade ties between the two countries, towardsharmonious, sustainable, and mutually beneficial trade balance.
The consensus was reached during recent phone talks between Tran Tuan Anh,Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission, Minister ofIndustry and Trade and Chairman of the Vietnam-US Trade and InvestmentFramework Agreement (TIFA) Council, and US Trade Representative Katherine Tai.
The two sides shared the view that after more than 25 years of thenormalisation of the bilateral relations, thanks to efforts of the twocountries’ leaders, the close and effective collaboration between theVietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Office of US TradeRepresentative, in their capacity as co-chairs of the TIFA Council, as well aspartnerships between other ministries, agencies and businesses, the economicand trade ties have reaped practical outcomes.
The Vietnam-US relationship has experienced strong development across spheres,Anh said, expressing his belief that the bilateral relationship will remainstable in the time ahead, and be driven by the economic and trade ties.
For her part, Tai lauded results of policy dialogues between the two countriesthrough the TIFA, saying the two sides could seek satisfactory solutions tomany economic and commercial issues for a short period of time, contributing toenhancing the two-way trade.
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Tran Tuan Anh, Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission, Minister of Industry and Trade and Chairman of the Vietnam-US Trade and Investment Framework Agreement Council (TIFA) (Photo: VNA) 
