Vietnam’s Year of Free Trade
... trade agreement with Vietnam is a stepping stone towards free trade with the whole Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). Secondly, the European Union managed to bind free trade with the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) of 2012. This document states that ... ... 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 ...