For smaller nations such as the Philippines threatened by US President Trump's tariffs, their more logical recourse should be to look elsewhere for new markets for their affected export products as well as other suppliers for their vital imports.

While Việt Nam is not the largest exporter of steel and aluminium to the US, domestic businesses will still face significant challenges due to this policy.

Vietnamese authorities are intensifying quality control measures to ensure durian exports comply with China's evolving regulatory standards

The ASEAN Future Forum 2025 opened in Hanoi on February 25, and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, on behalf of the host country, proposed three strategic priorities and three breakthrough actions to realise the bloc’s development orientations.

Vietnamese goods will continue to hold a competitive advantage over other items from foreign countries when they are exported to the Netherlands thanks to the tax reduction roadmap under the European Union - Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), according to the Vietnam Trade Office in the Netherlands.

Local fertiliser manufacturers are focusing on fulfilling export contracts that were signed prior to the Tết holidays.

Việt Nam’s trade offices abroad is ramping up efforts to promote investment and trade in line with the country’s ambitious economic targets for 2025.

President Donald Trump on Friday ordered his trade chief to revive investigations aimed at imposing tariffs on imports from countries that levy digital service taxes on US technology companies.

The European Union estimates that the first wave of Donald Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs will hit as much as €28 billion (US$29.3 billion or RM129.49 billion) of the bloc’s exports in what would be a massive escalation in the US president’s trade war.

More measures will be actively deployed in response to the EU’s "green growth policy”.