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WTO members search for compromise as text-based negotiations on fishing subsidies continue

16/10/2020

WTO members took up another set of fisheries subsidies issues at the 5-9 October cluster of meetings of the Negotiating Group on Rules, as drafting work continued on an agreement to curb harmful state support for fishing. New textual suggestions were made and next steps to help members find the middle ground among their positions were discussed.

WTO rules EU can apply tariffs on US goods as trade war deepens

14/10/2020

Latest ruling could inflame trade tensions from long-standing Boeing-Airbus dispute over subsidies

Cashew nut exports to thrive in year-end months: insiders

14/10/2020

Vietnam’s cashew exports are likely to increase in the remaining months of the year, prompted by surging demand, cashew firms have said.

Vietnam’s seafood exports recovering as contraction slows down

14/10/2020

Vietnamese seafood exports brought in US$6.03 billion in the first nine months of 2020, down 3% from a year earlier, signalling recovery as the contraction was smaller than in the previous two quarters.

U.S. imposes tariffs on aluminum sheet from 18 countries

12/10/2020

The United States is imposing new tariffs on $1.96 billion worth of aluminum sheet products from 18 countries after determining that the goods were being dumped, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Friday.

Tuna exports to EU expected to reach US$123 million

12/10/2020

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on October 10 held a conference on the promotion of tuna production by chains and the prevention of dumping in the European market to strengthen activities against illegal fishing in the tuna industry and promote tuna exports to Europe under the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) in Khanh Hoa Province.

China reportedly orders halt to imports of Australian coal

12/10/2020

Industry news sources report that Beijing has told several state-owned steelmakers and power plants to stop imports with immediate effect

Experts unhappy with cement exports, but industry says unavoidable

12/10/2020

In the first eight months of the year, cement companies exported more than 23.5 million tonnes of cement and clinker, an increase of 13.7 per cent year-on-year.