Singapore businesses can soon get a shot in the arm when they expand across Southeast Asia, with the help of an ASEAN agreement on e-commerce that will lower operating barriers to entry for these businesses and ramp up digital connectivity.
The recent decisions taken by Donald Trump-led US administration has disrupted the normalisation of global trade, economist Joseph Stiglitz said.
Donald Trump may not always be aware of the consequences of what he says and does. But the debate he has triggered with his comments on free and fair trade could be helpful to bring about change, says DW's Henrik Böhme.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed that Vietnam is keen on fostering the friendship with Switzerland and hopes the two countries will continue bolstering cooperation in all fields, especially trade and investment.
On April 1, 2018 local time, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who was in Vietnam for an official visit, held talks with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh of Vietnam.
President Trần Đại Quang expressed his delight at the development of the Việt Nam-Belarus friendship and co-operation in all fields as he hosted Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Semashko in Hà Nội yesterday.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc chaired a rehearsal of activities of the sixth Greater Mekong Sub-region Summit (GMS-6) and the 10th Cambodia-Laos-Việt Nam Development Triangle Summit (CLV-10) in Hà Nội.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam’s Central Committee Nguyễn Phú Trọng met with President of the French Senate Gerard Larcher in Paris on Monday.
US President Donald Trump's march against multilateralism took an expected turn when his Administration announced the imposition of tariffs on steel and aluminium under a dusted off and infrequently used section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. The suggested justification is national security, which is an exception provided for under Article XXI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
Foreign manufacturers have started to get their heads around new regulations issued by Vietnam at the start of the year.
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