Vietnam’s Year of Free Trade

... is little doubt that this strategy is a product certain economic and political logic. European officials call the concluded EVFTA unprecedented in scope and scale for a developing country. Tariff barriers will be reduced or lifted for 99 percent of ... ... of the free-trade agreement conditional on the political behavior of the Vietnamese leadership to the point of suspending the FTA. In terms of scope, the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement is similar to the one with the EEU. The TPP Agreement is also widely known for its provisions that go far beyond the sphere of trade. In the same year, Vietnam ...