The APEC Committee on Trade and Investment (CTI) commenced meetings on May 13, as part of the second APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM 2) and related meetings in Hanoi.
It has been one year since the realisation of the ASEAN Community and its achievements so far have been mixed. While there has been some significant progress made towards realising the ASEAN Community’s economic goals there is still much room for improvement in terms of meeting its political-security and socio-cultural targets.
When President Trump announced a couple of days after taking office that the United States was pulling out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the trade deal among 12 Pacific Rim countries seemed to be dead. But like Lazarus, it may be springing back to life. Instead of boxing out its trade partners, the United States may find that it is the one on the outside looking in.
The year’s biggest gathering yet of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation nations will present a chance for negotiations this month of a reincarnated Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade pact scorned by the U.S. but gaining steam since March.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Norwegian Embassy organised a business seminar on sustainable aquaculture in southern Cần Thơ City on Saturday.
Reports of the demise of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement may be premature, as the deal's members consider proceeding without the U.S.
Although Japan is trying to save the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) after US President Donald Trump abandoned the free trade agreement (FTA), there seems to be little chance that the deal will survive. This means the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), an FTA that includes China, now has more strategic global significance.
Việt Nam will work with the member states of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement to reach a consensus on future orientations for the deal, Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng told a regular press conference in Hà Nội on Thursday.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
