Vietnam has capitalised on the free trade agreements (FTAs) it has signed to bolster exports amidst weakening demand, high input costs, and inflation pressure across the globe, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien said on November 7.

Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte was in Hanoi last week talking up trade and investment between the Netherlands and Vietnam. Here’s what was achieved in his two-day stopover and how trade and investment are shaping up between these two nations.

Thanks to free trade agreements with tariff barriers gradually being removed, the exports of Vietnamese products have been on the rise. However, they are likely to face trade defence lawsuits.

Packaging is a bridge between a brand and its customers, but many producers in Việt Nam have not paid proper attention to improving the appearance of their products.

Food standards and market access issues have driven a wedge between the UK and Canada amid ongoing trade deal negotiations.

In what was widely viewed as a diplomatic success, China and Australia agreed this week to put bygones behind them and improve economic, diplomatic and trade relations, which had soured in recent years.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has received a request for anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations on frozen warmwater shrimp imported from a number of countries, including Vietnam, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

After the surprise failure of the year-long negotiations between the EU and Australia for a free-trade agreement, representatives of Germany’s export-oriented industries strongly criticised the disproportionate influence of agricultural interests on trade deals.

The two countries are optimistic about bilateral trade doubling to $100 billion by 2030 if the FTA is implemented soon

A Korea-Georgia free trade agreement would bring substantial benefits for Korea and Georgia, Genadi Arveladze, the Caucasus nation's deputy minister of economy and sustainable development, told The Korea Herald on Friday, as Georgia and Korea embarked on negotiations for a comprehensive free trade agreement.