Sri Lanka and Thailand have come to a consensus on a free trade agreement (FTA) to trade goods as the first step towards a comprehensive FTA that will follow in the future, Sri Lanka’s Industry and Commerce Ministry in a statement said.

There is huge opportunity for Việt Nam and the US to further boost investment and trade ties in many sectors, a seminar heard in HCM City on Wednesday.

New Zealand is hoping to launch talks towards a free trade agreement with the EU this week, the Government has said.

During the official trip to Japan, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc the encounter Shinzo Abe agreed to continue with Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). Two sides have reaffirmed their determination to foster the deal via joint statement on Vietnam-Japan extensive strategic partnership.

Charles Burton is an associate professor of political science at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario and is a former Counsellor at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing

Belarus and Russia will continue working together towards Belarus' early accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), reads the joint statement signed by Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei and Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on 5 June, BelTA has learned.

The African Union Commission (AUC) Department of Trade and Industry, in collaboration with the Government of Niger, is organising a Conference of the African Union Ministers of Trade (AMOT) on the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) from 5 to 16 June 2017 in Niamey, Niger.

The chief of Southeast Asia's regional bloc on Monday pushed back against the emerging anti-globalization mood, stressing a commitment to continued economic integration and open trade.

The United States has asked Canada to eliminate a new "underhanded" dairy-pricing class that has undercut sales by U.S. dairies to Canadian processors, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Monday.

The sugar barons of Florida, Alfonso and José Fanjul, have been equal-opportunity political donors for decades, showering largess on the campaigns of Democrats and Republicans alike to ensure that lawmakers will protect the American sugar industry.