Most Vietnamese enterprises are unprepared to take advantage of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a senior trade official has said.
Parliament members say the ongoing US-China trade war has had visible impacts, and Vietnam needs to reduce dependence on both nations. At the ongoing National Assembly session, several National Assembly deputies Saturday stressed the need for Vietnam to make policy changes and diversify markets.
Despite its early success, the WTO hasn't done much since 1995. Throw Trump into the mix and it all looks a lot more chaotic and confrontational, says one observer.
The US-China trade war rages on. Barring progress in negotiations, 10% tariffs that the US imposed on $200 billion in Chinese goods will increase to 25% as of Jan. 1, 2019.
The EU-Vietnam trade agreement will eliminate over 99% of all tariffs, and partly remove the rest through limited zero-duty quotas, known as Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQs).
The fifth consultation meeting between ASEAN Committee on Women (ACW) and the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) convened in Hanoi on October 21.
CSIS was privileged last week to host the U.S. ambassador to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dennis Shea, for a public conversation.
Globalisation, defined as the global integration of markets for goods, services, capital and people, is a phenomenon with very old roots and which still has a lot of life left in it.
Whether the Centre will provide Asean leadership in sustainable development cooperation depends on the entity’s design. Southeast Asian policymakers should apply the lessons learned from Asean’s past experiences and practices to craft the Centre’s mandates and legal frameworks, writes Kaewkamol Pitakdumrongkit.
The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, after coming into force, will increase and even remove the foreign equity cap for EU telecom companies to expand their business and investment in the Southeast Asian market.
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