US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says America’s relationship with Africa “has to continue its transition from being ‘AID-based’ to ‘TRADE-based’”.

The upcoming WTO conference is critical for Bangladesh and other Least Developed Countries (LDCs). They are yet to get commercially meaningful duty-free, quota-free market access in all countries of the world. For example, the US denies this facility to them on the plea that negotiations of Doha round are still inconclusive, writes Asjadul Kibria

The sixth meeting of the Continental Free Trade Area Negotiating Forum (CFTA-NF) was held from the 5th to 10th of June 2017, in Niamey, Niger, followed by the third meeting of the Senior Trade Officials (STO) and the African Ministers of Trade (AMOT) from 12th to 14th and 15th to 16th June 2017, respectively.

New Zealand Trade Minister Todd McClay says his visit to Washington DC for high-level trade talks was successful, with the US indicating it is open to a free trade agreement (FTA).

British business, large and small, overwhelmingly wishes to be able to trade with the EU with no new tariff or non-tariff barriers and to be able to access skilled labour from the bloc, as Brexit negotiations between the UK and Brussels began.

Officials from the United States and Indonesia met earlier this week under their Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA), agreeing on next steps for expeditiously resolving bilateral issues and further building their trade relations.

South Korean business executives in a dialogue on June 13 with the HCMC Customs Department complained the prevailing customs regulations are difficult to comply with and requested such rules be further streamlined.

Once the EU-Việt Nam Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (VPA-FLEGT) comes into force, there will be opportunities for Việt Nam to export more wooden products to Europe and other markets, delegates told a seminar in HCM City on Tuesday.

“The huge potential of e-commerce in North America for U.S. exporters has yet to be fully realized because of the complexity, cost, and unpredictability of moving low-value, individual shipments across Mexican and Canadian borders,” FedEx Corp. wrote.

The United States has indicated it is open to a free trade agreement (FTA) with New Zealand, New Zealand's trade minister said on Sunday.