Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung chaired a consultation conference on foreign investment attraction and orientations in the northern province of Vinh Phuc on December 21, during which he affirmed that attracting foreign investment is a consistent policy of the Vietnamese Party and State. The FDI sector has contributed to [...]
The government of Austria is contributing a total of EUR 400,000 (CHF 450,000) to fund WTO trade-related programmes over a period of two years (2018 and 2019), with the aim of helping developing and least-developed countries (LDCs) participate more fully in multilateral trade negotiations. This donation to the WTO’s Doha [...]
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh hosted a reception in Hanoi on November for Chair of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Vision Group and former Foreign Minister of Peru Allan Wagner, who is in Hanoi to attend a conference on Vietnam’s 20-year APEC membership. Minh said he [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Mexico agreed on Monday to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), putting pressure on Canada to agree to new terms on auto trade and dispute settlement rules to remain part of the three-nation pact. Auto stocks soared and the S&P 500 [...]
KUALA LUMPUR: With less than six months left to the February 2019 “deadline” and with a new government in place, the debate on whether Malaysia should ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is picking up steam. It appears that at least a couple of domestic regulations [...]
New Delhi: Allaying fears that India may exit trade talks under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to avoid giving more market access to China, an informal group of ministers (GoM) headed by trade minister Suresh Prabhu has decided that India will remain engaged in the 16-member trade grouping. India will [...]
Recently, Singapore became the third nation to ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) after Mexico and Japan. Malaysia’s future in the agreement, however, continues to hang in the balance. Malaysia’s participation in CPTPP is a hot-button issue. It cuts across all pillars of national interests, but missed the [...]
Vietnam is likely to support the United States’ Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) strategy, but “in a low-key manner”, according to an academic at the Iseas-Yusof Ishak Institute. Le Hong Hiep, a fellow at the state think-tank, has called the American strategy “largely compatible with Vietnam’s national interests”. But Hanoi’s [...]
The meeting is important as the 16-member bloc now needs specific political guidance to move the negotiations further. Trade ministers of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) member countries, including India and China, will hold a crucial meeting in Singapore on August 30-31, an official said. The meeting is important as [...]
Ho Chi Minh City will create optimal conditions for Japanese firms to do long-term business in the city, said Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem. Receiving a delegation of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI)’s Youth Commission led by its head Uchida Shigenobu on [...]