The US-based Furniture Today website on May 17 ran an article on Vietnam’s overtaking China in furniture shipments to the United States for the first time ever in 2020.

Britain and Ireland will work together to maintain smooth trade between Britain, Northern Ireland and Ireland, the leaders of Britain and Ireland said on Friday after meeting at Prime Minister Boris Johnson's country residence.

The government may want to consider a new fiscal stimulus that would include a more generous assistance package for Covid-19 affected people and businesses, stated the World Bank.

Despite global trade uncertainties and COVID-19, trade between Vietnam and Russia has grown significantly, heard an online seminar in Moscow on May 18.

The prerequisite for the maintenance and sustainable development of the sugar industry is to ensure the stability of the raw material area. However, in recent years, the raw material area has seen an alarming decrease.

Vietnam has emerged as an investment destination for 140 countries and territories globally, attracting 33,000 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects with total registered capital of US$394 billion, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

Brazil remains the nation’s largest trading partner in Latin America, with two-way trade turnover continuing to enjoy exponential growth, reaching a figure of US$4.6 billion in 2020, an increase of 2.3% compared to 2019.

When Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga met with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House in April, there was one topic he wished to broach even though it would be in vain, the possibility of the U.S. returning to the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

As the leading country in exporting agricultural, forestry and aquatic products, mainly exporting raw materials makes Vietnamese goods lose their advantages. Further promoting deep processing is an important solution to help the whole sector make a breakthrough.

Though China has imposed punitive trade restrictions on Australian coal, barley, meat and wine, it is spending more than ever on Australian imports. Helen Clark, writing in Asia Times said that those who worry about Beijing's resultant leverage over Australia may feel vindicated after the travails of 2020 and 2021