Việt Nam's plywood exports are growing despite the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic according to the Việt Nam Timber and Forest Product Association (VIFORES).

Businesses should prepare for the tariff regime that will govern UK trade with the EU from January 2021 in the event of no trade deal.

South Korea and Cambodia agreed Thursday to launch official negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), paving the way for Asia's No. 4 economy to penetrate deeper into the Southeast Asian market and boost its virus-hit exports.

Chairman of the Indonesia Food and Beverage Industry Association (GAPMMI) Adhi Lukman has expressed his belief that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement will be signed this year, regardless of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

The EU has threatened to “act decisively” if the United States puts new tariffs of its goods amid heightened tension over subsidies to the home aviation market.

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.

Rice quotas for Vietnam under the EVFTA are expected to push Vietnam's rice exports up from the second half of this year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

South Korea said Wednesday it will push for the conclusion of a mega Asia-Pacific trade deal this year to help boost ailing exports and cope with the growing protectionism around the globe in the face of the new coronavirus pandemic.

Vietnam recorded a trade deficit of 101.4 million USD with Israel in the first five months of this year due to declines in the export of key commodities and the resumed import of items of high value.