On October 21, China imposed restrictions on the export of graphite used to make electric car batteries. China has retaliated to another round of US curbs on sharing semiconductor manufacturing technology and software with Beijing.

China and Serbia have agreed to remove tariffs on up to 90 per cent of each other’s imported goods in a free-trade agreement signed as President Xi Jinping hailed the country as an “ironclad friend”.

European Union member states want to close a free trade deal with India, but only if it grants real access to the Asian country's markets, Spanish Deputy Trade Minister Xiana Mendez said on Friday at an EU meeting chaired by her country.

To determine the path to building a brand for the world, Ms. Tran Thu Quynh, Commercial Counselor, Vietnam Trade Office in Canada, said that there will be no common solution or the same path in building your own brand. Vietnamese food processing enterprises should produce under their own brands.

As both countries inch closer to signing the agreement, discussions have focused on contentious parts such as intellectual property rights (IPR), rules of origin and bilateral investment treaties (BIT)

According to a recent report submitted by the Government to the National Assembly, the total foreign investment of Vietnam’s state-owned enterprises reached 6.6 billion USD as of December 31, 2022.

British rice millers have thrived by importing low-tariff unmilled brown rice from India and polishing the grains into the white product loved by UK consumers. But with India pressing for tariffs on white rice to be slashed, concerns are mounting for an industry that employs more than 3,000 people

Vietnamese coffee export could reach a record level this year thank to domestic and world prices climbing to the highest level in the past 15 years on scarce supply, low coffee reserve and strong increase in the world demand for Robusta.

Vietnamese and Algerian businesses gained an insight into the African country’s market and bilateral economic and trade ties at a webinar on October 19.

Việt Nam is continuing to improve its legal system, demonstrating its seriousness in implementing labour commitments in the EVFTA, CPTPP and UKVFTA trade agreements.