With escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and China, the announcement made this past weekend at the G-7 meeting by President Donald Trump and Prime Minster Shinzo Abe is welcome news.

China on Wednesday announced it will soon start accepting applications for exemption from its second-round of additional tariffs on U.S. imports.

The culture ministers of South Korea and Japan are set to hold a bilateral meeting Thursday to discuss cooperation on the cultural front amid escalating trade and diplomatic rows between their countries.

While the damage is largely already done for cells, modules and inverters, the increased tariffs on U.S. module components and 15% tariffs on lithium-ion batteries are not good news for either sector.

The National Single Window (NSW) mechanism, ASEAN Single Window (ASW) has been implemented relatively widely in Vietnam.

Germany wants the EU to reach a trade agreement with the US as quickly as possible, German chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters on Monday (26 August). 

Trade minister Hiroshige Seko said Tuesday Japan will go through with plans to revoke South Korea's status as a trusted trade partner, a move certain to deepen the rift between the feuding neighbors.

 With its series of recent free trade agreements, Việt Nam is becoming very attractive to foreign businesses, especially in the textile and garment sector.

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Ho Chi Minh City Branch recently collaborated with the Polish National Chamber of Commerce to hold the ‘Vietnam-Poland Trade Exchange’.

Ten Indian enterprises operating in the fields of renewable energy, waste treatment, technology, aviation and banking participated in the “Vietnam-India Trade Exchange” recently held by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry -  Ho Chi Minh City Branch (VCCI-HCM).