Companies from Singapore and China will have greater access to each other’s markets, especially in services trade, e-commerce and environmental protection areas, after the upgraded China-Singapore Free Trade Agreement took effect on Oct 16.

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China’s ultimate condition for ending the trade war with the United States is that Washington should lift all tariffs levied on Chinese products since July last year, although Beijing is still open to a partial trade deal under the current conditions, China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) formally authorised the United States yesterday to impose tariffs on up to US$7.5 billion (S$10.3 billion) of imports of European Union goods after an arbitrator's decision over subsidies to planemaker Airbus.

More than 40 US exporters and trade associations are visiting Việt Nam from Tuesday to Friday to seek agricultural export opportunities in “one of the fastest-growing regions in the world”, a US official said.

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) must strive to reform and become innovation centres in today's modern economy, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc at a conference discussing measures to improve Việt Nam's SOEs' management and performance on Wednesday in Hà Nội.

Vietnamese small and medium-sized businesses need more help to enter major global supply chains, experts told a workshop on Wednesday.

Since its emergence early last year, the US-China trade conflict has not shown signs of easing. Companies are increasingly concerned about the impact of trade tariffs and other trade protection measures, with many actively planning to divert their production from China.These issues were discussed at a conference titled “From manufacturing in Việt Nam to Made-in-Việt Nam products” on Thursday.

India rallied 51 countries at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday to reject a US presidential memorandum, which had sought to deny special and differential treatment (S&DT) to developing countries in current and future trade agreements, said trade envoys.

Trade ministers and negotiators of the 16 nations will have to present to their respective leaders which issue can or can’t be settled now so that appropriate announcement can be made at the leaders’ summit next month, according to the source.