Despite pandemic-caused difficulties, Vietnam still posted a trade surplus of 4 billion USD, an impressive achievement partly attributed to free trade agreements (FTAs), especially the new-generation ones.

The head of Japan’s main steel industry lobby said on Tuesday the European Union’s decision to extend anti-dumping measures on electrical steel from Japan was inappropriate and it would consider taking action.

Today, the European Commission extended for 5 years the current anti-dumping duties on imports of grain-oriented flat rolled products of silicon-electrical steel (GOES) from the People’s Republic of China, Russia, USA, Japan and South Korea.

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, is expected to raise Irish concerns about the ongoing impact of input cost increases, and the current situation on the pigmeat market, when he attends the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels today (Monday, January 17, 2022).  

The US-based Fibre2Fashion portal has recently run an article highlighting several foreign financial organisations’ relatively positive predictions for Vietnam’s economy, saying that its growth is expected at 6.5-6.7 percent in 2022.

Pakistan’s National Tariff Commission (NTC) has extended definitive anti-dumping duties for another five years on imports of cold-rolled coil and sheet from China, retroactively effective from January 13, 2021, according to a notice released by China’s Commerce Ministry on January 13, 2022.

A bottle of Scotch whisky arriving in the port of Mumbai faces a colossal 150% import tariff, yet it hasn't stopped Indians from being enthusiastic drinkers of a dram.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Italy has organised a virtual New Year gathering with representatives from the Association of Vietnamese Entrepreneurs in Italy (ASSOEVI) to collect suggestions in a bid to strengthen the nations’ trade relations.