Textile and electronics have been the two export-oriented sectors mostly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, an official has said.

An Indian minister has called for a review of the country's decade-old free trade deal with Asean, arguing that it would help in achieving bigger trade volumes.

The Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade’s website mpo.cz has recently published an article titled “The Vietnamese market is opening up, a free trade agreement can save millions of crowns for Czech companies.”

The Cambodian Footwear Association (CFA), that six months ago employed 150,000 workers, and other domestic private sector representatives, are again appealing for exemption on the tax-free benefit withdrawal imposed by the European Union.

Australian exports to China have surged past expectations as trade with the rest of the world falls, adding an extra $2.6 billion despite the diplomatic rift between the two countries.

A revised free-trade pact between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) facilitating the cross-border flow of services and investment came into force on Saturday.

Vietnam reported a $6.46 billion trade surplus in the first seven months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 328 percent.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai on August 4 held a virtual meeting with Rodrigo Yáñez Benitez, Under-Secretary for International Economic Relations at the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to boost economic and trade cooperation between the two countries.

In life, economic and health gains are not always equal. This is true for individuals but also for countries. While Vietnam has managed to contain the COVID-19 outbreak so far, its economy has been hurt in recent months.

How energy sectors react to COVID-19 depends upon the questions they ask and the insights they gain. In Asia, which has long been an engine of global growth and a key player in conventional fuels and renewables, the question is usually something like, ‘what effect will the collapse in oil prices have on energy economies?’