A series of high profile officials in Beijing have recently voiced openness about China joining a trans-Pacific trade pact abandoned by the United States in one of the first acts of Donald Trump’s presidency.

Thailand will take until September to study whether to join a trans-Pacific free trade agreement, potentially missing a window for entry this year amid widespread concern that joining the pact may harm its farm and healthcare sectors.

The second meeting of CPTPP Commission was held on October 7-9th 2019 in Aukland, New Zealand

With just over six months remaining before Canada's current free trade arrangement with the United Kingdom expires, the British government signalled today that it intends to join another trade agreement in which Canada is already a partner: the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has suggested agencies in Vietnam and Canada to devise a mechanism to exchange information and handle trade defence cases.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on Monday issued regulations and an invitation to carry out an auction of import tariff quotas on used automobiles for this year.

The garment industry was suffering an unprecedented crisis due to COVID-19, but the pandemic also brought significant opportunities for Việt Nam to become the world’s face mask factory.

Local firms must outline a long-term vision and implement institutional reforms in order to maximise the benefits presented by the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans- Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), according to insiders.

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is expected to create more impetus for Vietnam’s economic development and especially in the promotion of institutional reforms, if there is willingness and adaptability from Vietnamese policy-making agencies and the business community.

The Minister of Industry and Trade recently signed the issuance of Circular No. 06/2020 / TT-BCT amending and supplementing articles of Circular No. 03/2019 / TT-BCT regulating rules of goods origin in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).