Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci announced that Turkey will start launching counter steps against the U.S. for its decision to impose additional customs duty on steel and aluminum imports.

The ninth meeting of the China-Laos economic and trade cooperation committee was held on Friday in Lao capital Vientiane.

Senior American, Canadian and Mexican officials on Friday ended a week of talks without a deal to modernize NAFTA, agreeing instead to resume negotiations soon, ahead of a deadline next week issued by U.S House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan.

Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai said here Friday that the trade imbalance between China and the United States cannot and will not last in the long run.

At its meeting at Tuynhuys in Cape Town on Wednesday, 9 May 2018, Cabinet approved the agreement establishing the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) between the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) be tabled in Parliament for ratification.

The Swiss Federal Council has announced that the free trade agreement (FTA) between the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the Philippines will enter into force for Switzerland on June 1.

Vietnam and the Middle East hold potential to boost trade and investment, as heard the Vietnam – Middle East trade forum held in Ho Chi Minh City on May 11.

The South Korean government will decide on its participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) within this year, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Paik Un-gyu was quoted as saying on May 9 by Japanese newspapers.

The US delegation will investigate the production process of tra fish from May 14-25, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The textiles and garment industry gained the second-largest export value in the first four months of this year, after the export value of phones and their components, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.