U.S. tariffs and sanctions carried coals to Newcastle and jeopardized America's long-term interests in East Asia, said a Singaporean academic last week.

Japan, India and Australia’s trade ministers have met to officially launch the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative, following reports that the three nations are working together to counter China’s dominance on trade in the Indo-Pacific.

European Union leaders, their British counterparts and European businesses expressed hope yesterday that the final ratification of the post-Brexit trade deal will open a new, positive era of cooperation despite the many divisive topics remaining between the former partners.

Vietnam posted a trade surplus of nearly 1.9 billion USD in the first four months of the year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency.

In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a series of overreactions about the viability of global value chains (GVCs), with some mixed feeling about China.

The Vietnam-UK Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) will officially take effect from May 1, 2021 after taking temporary effect from January 1, 2021. Thanks to the UKVFTA, the export of goods to the UK recorded remarkable growth and are expected to increase rapidly if businesses really strive to overcome non-tariff barriers to conquer the market.

Japan's parliament approved Wednesday the world's largest free trade deal, signed by 15 Asia-Pacific countries including China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, raising the possibility for the pact to enter into force later this year.

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) offers many opportunities for Vietnamese businesses to expand their exports to the Americas, two years since it came into force.

The second Trade Policy Review (TPR) session of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for Vietnam was held in the form of videoconference on April 27.

EuroCommerce, which represents the retail and wholesale sectors in Europe, has said that maintaining free trade will be an essential tool in driving the economic recovery, post COVID-19.