The U.S. and China could reach a trade agreement in a matter of weeks, but that's unlikely to improve relations between the two economic giants over the longer term, according to former U.S. diplomat.

Vietnam now exports 1 billion pairs of shoes per year and the nation is the second largest leather and footwear exporter in the world, according to experts at the Vietnam Footwear Summit 2019 held in HCM City on March 20.

The UK will be forced to accept US demands for the UK to change its food safety standards if it enters into a post-Brexit trade deal with the Trump administration, the former head of the UK's International Trade Department has told Business Insider.

Xi Jinping visits Rome as Italy becomes first G7 country to back Belt and Road initiative

In the framework of the Meeting of Presidents of South America 2019, President Sebastián Piñera on Friday received his Argentine counterpart Mauricio Macri at the La Moneda Palace, where they celebrated the approval of the Agreement of Economic Complementation that prevails between the countries of the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) and Chile.

A workshop held recently in Perugia, Italy, discussed opportunities for business investments between Vietnamese and Italian firms once the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) come into effect.

Foreign retailers have made stronger presence in the Vietnamese market over the years, posing great pressure on their domestic competitors.

The eighth international economic and financial conference of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) took place in Hanoi on March 22.

As a European Union member, the UK is automatically part of about 40 trade agreements which the EU has with more than 70 countries.

Given the current outbreak of African swine fever, a viral disease affecting only pigs, traceability should be further developed to increase quality and address issues of food safety, the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) said in its Whitebook 2019.