... shape right now. Following the withdrawal of the United States from the TPP, the remaining countries are trying to agree on at least something in the TPP-11 format, “freezing” the points the American side had issues with. The problem is that many TPP countries (like Vietnam) initially became involved in the project because of the huge American market. Now they will be forced to settle for smaller markets. A number of separate meetings involving the leaders and high-ranking ministers of TPP-11 countries will be held ...
... Supplementary EU documents imply that it actually gives Brussels the right to make implementation 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 established a FTA with South Korea; this FTA appears to be more “traditional,” but is no less important, due to the top ...
... 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 FTA is more beneficial to the member-countries.
If Korea is in that risky position, what ...
... several hurdles to overcome. The U.S. insists that Vietnam meets standards set by the International Labour Organisation, while Vietnam is pushing the U.S. to give it market economy status. There will be a renewed push to conclude negotiations on the TPP in late July 2015.
Fourth, both leaders pledged that Vietnam and the United States would work more closely together to contribute to peace, stability, cooperation and prosperity in the Asia Pacific both bilaterally and through regional multilateral organisations such as APEC, and ASEAN-related institutions,...
