At first glance, Singapore and Armenia appear to be vastly different, but they also have many things in common, such as being small countries that aspire to serve as gateways to the regions they are located in, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday (Sept 29).

Initial pact will see tariff cuts on US farm goods and some Japanese industrial products

The United States has been granted approval to impose tariffs on European Union goods with an annual trade value around $7.5 billion (6.09 billion pounds) over illegal government support for European planemaker Airbus , people familiar with the matter said.

The much-delayed resumption of trade talks between China and the United States, which was supposed to have begun after Oct. 15, has now been definitely set for Oct. 10 to 11 in Washington, D.C.

A circular on "Made in Vietnam" products was expected to help businesses avoid accusations of fraud, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Quốc Khánh at a conference held in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

The Việt Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers and fisheries companies have pledged to with authorities and fishermen to meet EU demands on fighting IUU (illegal, unreported and unregulated) fishing.

South Korea and Russia have agreed to work together to conclude a free trade agreement in the service and investment sectors next year, raise a joint fund of US$1 billion for investment in Russia’s original technologies, and combine the technologies with South Korea’s commercial technologies for material, component and equipment competitiveness enhancement.

Ricardo Marletti Debatin da Silveira and Rogério Gaspari Coelho of Machado Associados explain how the Mercosur states and the EU will benefit from their important new trade agreement.

The South Korean government filed complaint against the Indian government which has been levying second most import barriers on Korea.

THE trade conflict between the United States and China may be benefiting the Philippines in the short run, but the country, as with fellow Southeast Asian countries, is bound to take a stronger hit from an overall slowdown in export demand if the tariff war is protracted.