The World Trade Organisation (WTO), gives a depressing forecast of global trade in 2017. The WTO forecasts that global trade will expand by 2.4 per cent.

Việt Nam’s garment and textile exports may increase by 10 per cent this year if there are not adverse fluctuations in the global market, according to the Việt Nam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex).

China and Norway have agreed to restart free trade negotiations.

Top negotiators from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) met here Thursday on pushing forward trade in goods and services as well as investment at the 12th round of talks on a trilateral free trade agreement (FTA).

The European Commission has reported that good progress was made towards updating the European Union's free trade agreement (FTA) with Mexico in the recently concluded third round of negotiations.

The United States is pushing for trade to be a key issue in top-level economic talks with Japan, a person involved in the talks told Reuters on Thursday, an unwelcome development for Tokyo, which is seeking to fend off U.S. pressure to reduce the bilateral trade imbalance.

Việt Nam recorded a trade surplus of US$455.5 million with Canada in the first two months of this year.

British banks could be able to access the US markets in future as freely as they trade with the EU now, under a trade deal envisaged by Liam Fox.

Growth in the volume of world merchandise trade is expected to rebound this year from its tepid performance in 2016, but only if the global economy recovers as expected and governments pursue the right policy mix, WTO economists reported.

Seventy-nine countries from Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific will speak with one voice as they prepare to negotiate a major partnership framework with the European Union.