Ambassador of New Zealand to Vietnam, H.E. Wendy Matthews, tells VET how the CPTPP will offer more opportunities for Vietnamese and New Zealand businesses.

Other members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) have pledged to cut some 77%-100% of tariff lines on Vietnamese ordinary goods, news site Vietnamplus reported, citing a statement from the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

With the EU being among the largest importers of Vietnam’s wood products, the upcoming adoption of the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Voluntary Partnership Agreement between Vietnam and the European Union will help Vietnam both attract more European investment and boost its wood product exports to not only the EU, but also many other markets.

The UK’s exit from the European Union (Brexit) will not affect the special partnership between Vietnam and the UK, said Baroness Fairhead, Minister of State for Trade and Export Promotion at the Department for International Trade (DIT) of the UK.

The European Union is open to the possibility of a "more ambitious" Brexit deal than the one rejected by the British parliament, the EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, said on Thursday.

Israel and Japan have been negotiating a free-trade agreement, the financial newspaper Calcalist reported on Tuesday.

Strategic cooperation between Serbia and Russia will strengthen with the signing of over 20 agreements, the presidents of the two countries agreed here on Thursday after their meeting.

The positive trend in Turkey and U.S. relations is expected to benefit economic and commercial ties between the two countries in the upcoming period.

Việt Nam must become a factory for the world and foster a good investment environment for all economic sectors in order to develop production and boost growth.

Britain's parliament on Tuesday resoundingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal, triggering a no-confidence vote in her government and plunging its plans to leave the European Union (EU) into further chaos.