... China Sea.
The latest years have been fruitful for Russia’s economic links with several Asian and South-East Asian countries. Let’s just think about its relations with the main claimants within this dispute. Moscow is the leading trade partner with Vietnam, has secured itself a close and comprehensive partnership with China and is clearly interested in deepening its ties with ASEAN countries.
As Russia is not a newborn in the energy and defense sectors, it tries to take advantage of its skills in order to get the most of it within this region, too. However, this has ...
... like to increase its trade with the EAEU. Speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum in September 2019, Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam, Trịnh Dinh Dung,
proposed
a further reduction of customs barriers in order to improve the opportunities to realize ... ... sanctions. Mostly likely, sanctions against Tehran will continue to expand.
Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation with China
Zachary Paikin:
Orders Within Orders: A New Paradigm for Greater Eurasia
The Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation ...
... continue to increase direct investments in the EAEU. During the monitoring period (2008–2016), FDI stock originating from 12 Asian countries (China, Japan, Turkey, India, Israel, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iran, Singapore, and Vietnam) has increased from $32 billion in 2008 to $75.6 billion in the beginning of 2017.
China continues to expand its economic presence in EAEU countries and other CIS states, retaining its leadership among Asian countries in terms of FDI stock in the region. At the end of 2016, FDI stock accumulated by Chinese TNCs in the five EAEU countries,...
... the APEC includes continued strong stances on environmental protection and food security.
Vladimir Putin should be confident when he appears at the APEC Summit in Da Nang. Perhaps the very “look” of the upcoming summit makes it truly interesting. Vietnam’s third largest city will play host to a brilliant assemblage of global leaders who have confirmed and received their mandates for years to come. Xi Jinping triumphed as China’s leader for at least another five years, and Shinzō Abe and Moon Jae-in emerged victorious in their respective general elections. What is more, despite all the problems in Washington, Donald Trump is standing tall, and may as well last till ...
... Paracels, Pratas and Spratly, were actually reclaimed by the Republic of China’s naval forces in the immediate aftermath of Japan’s surrender in WWII. Hardly any disputes rose till Vietnam lodged a counter-claim in 1951 but this was blunted by China’s concession of the Bach Long Vi island to Vietnam in 1957. Beijing’s maritime claims were in fact tempered by Zhou Enlai’s new 9-dash line during this period. Again, there seems to be scarcity of UN debates, protests, documents or motions regarding the 9-dash line till a decade or ...
... does not appear too eager to get involved in the South China Sea territorial dispute. One can argue that Moscow’s main interest here lies in preserving the bilateral relations and walking the line between two of its strategic partners – China and Vietnam.
While Vietnam is certainly upset with the recent remarks from Moscow, especially coming just a month before the 20th Anniversary Russia-ASEAN Summit, Hanoi is unlikely to apply any further pressure. Russia remains Vietnam’s key arms trade ...
... Trans-Pacific Partnership. TPP has a team of member countries. Among these twelve countries seven, which is more than a half, have a bilateral Free Trade Agreements with Korea. For example, we have an FTA with the United States, Canada, Australia, Mexico and Vietnam. Moreover, we have bilateral FTA with China, who is not a member of this bloc. Some people ask why Korea has to participate in TPP, when it already has so many bilateral FTA´s with its member countries. Korea might be seriously damaged when the TPP is actually to emerge since the bloc ...
... trading partner of Vietnam now accounts for about a quarter of the latter’s total imports. At the same time, huge trade deficit with China is sparking profound concern among Vietnamese experts, and this is not even the darkest spot on the surface of China-Vietnam ties.
The greatest difficulties are being caused by the territorial disputes over the Spratly and Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. And if conflicts between just Beijing and Hanoi are resolved with certain ease, the involvement of other ...
... likely if Russian products turn noncompetitive.
Another hurdle comes from the incompatible ideologies of the Russian and Vietnamese elites, because Vietnam's ruling Communist Party professes Marxism-Leninism and ideas of Ho Chi Minh. Consequently, the Vietnam-China dialogue is largely governed by interparty relations, and the general secretaries of the two ruling parties are at the same time heads of state. As a result, the top-level, bilateral communications are much wider in scope and more comprehensible ...
... Whether this neighbor is able and willing to correctly understand and interpret the signal is another matter. If the policy of restricting Vietnamese fishing and economic activities in the disputed areas continues, the already strained relations between Vietnam and China could deteriorate further, and no special relationship and inter-party ties will be enough to stabilize it.
Thus, the difficult problem facing Vietnam is how to escape being used as a pawn in someone else's game on the one hand, and to leave the ...
