After 4 years as a WTO member, Vietnam has had an important start in using the WTO dispute settlement mechanism to protect Vietnamese businesses’ rights and benefits in international trade: On 1/2/2010, Vietnam requested consultations with the U.S concerning US antidumping measures against Vietnamese frozen warm-water shrimps .. On 11/7/2011, the WTO Panel issued a Report to related parties in which upholding almost all arguments of Vietnam in the consultation request. This Study Report will analyze some key issues of the case and draw lessons for Vietnam. Download the full study here:

The European Union is one of the most important export market of Vietnam, also one of the most applicable of trade remedies measures against Vietnamese exports up to now. Therefore, any changes in its trade remedies laws and regulations have direct impact on Vietnamese export. This report will study on potential changes in trade remedies laws and regulations of the EU and make recommendations for Vietnam businesses and associations. Download the full study here:

On 18/01/2012, the US DOC issued a decision to initiate an antidumping and countervailing investigation against Vietnamese steel wire garment hangers. This report will provide some key information of the case and make recommendations for Vietnamese steel businesses and association. Download the full study here:

On 16/3/2011, the EU Commission issued a decision to end the anti-dumping duty order applying on footwear originating from Vietnam and China. Accordingly, the anti-dumping measures will be removed from 1/4/2011. This anti-dumping case against one of the key exports of VN in one of the most important market has finally ended after 5 years. Therefore, it is significant to review the case and draw experiences for Vietnamese businesses. Download the full study here:

This Study Report will give an overview of trade remedies cases against Vietnamese products by the 2 most important markets of Vietnam – the EU and US and make recommendations for Vietnamese businesses to actively avoid/deal with such barriers in the coming time. Download the full study here:

Australia hosted the eleventh round of TPP negotiations in Melbourne from 1-9 March 2012. The round was the first full round involving all negotiating groups since the TPP Leaders met in Honolulu in mid-November last year. In Honolulu, the Leaders announced that agreement had been reached on the broad outlines of an ambitious and comprehensive agreement, and directed negotiators to redouble their efforts to conclude the agreement.

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Since the conclusion of the Uruguay Round the development of international trade rules has drifted from global to regional and bilateral agreements. The United States has not participated actively in this shift and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), now in negotiation, could become its first significant regional agreement since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The TPP is also a possible pathway to the larger Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP).

The U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (Agreement) entered into force on March 15, 2012. One of the Agreement’s principal benefits is reduced duties on originating goods traded between the United States and the Republic of Korea (Korea). Companies should not, however, assume that all goods made in the United States or Korea qualify as originating goods. The Agreement contains rules of origin—reproduced in General Note 33 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States—that dictate when goods may be certified as originating.

The complete labor proposal tabled by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations late last month has aroused the ire of congressional Republicans, who object to the fact that it goes beyond the labor provisions included in the so-called May 10, 2007, template.The proposal, which remains confidential, does not alter the fundamental standards contained in the May 10 template, according to informed sources.