Since it took effect in 2019, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) has become leverage for Vietnam's exports to many new markets.

Costa Rica formalized its request to join a trade partnership of 11 countries across Asia, Australia and the Americas, President Rodrigo Chaves announced on Wednesday, in a step toward strengthening trade ties with Asian economies.

Vietnam exported pangasius products worth US$73.5 million to Mexico during the initial seven months of the year, a year-on-year rise of 73%, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

In September 2021, China applied for membership in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). This application came four years after the United States pulled out of the nascent arrangement for what earlier had been called simply TPP.

Post-pandemic robust rebound in the American market has ushered in multiple opportunities for Vietnam to expand its export of key products, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The utilisation rate of tax incentives set out in the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) during Q1 soared by over 32%, representing a four-fold rise compared to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

MALAYSIA was an active participant in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) negotiations and is a signatory, but has yet to ratify the agreement.

Lee Teng-hui said Taiwanese have a strong sense of their own identity, which will be important to protecting sovereignty, the JTEA head said

It has become more commonplace for trade agreements in the Asia Pacific to include a variety of digital trade provisions. To understand the salient features of these agreements, it is helpful to map out their main baseline features. Doing so also indicates where digital trade agreements may be going or need to go.

A delegation of 23 Vietnamese entrepreneurs, led by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai, attended the Vietnam-Mexico Business Forum in Mexico City on July 4, aiming to seek cooperation opportunities with the host country’s partners.