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Vietnam’s National Assembly ratified the EU – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement and the EU – Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement

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On 08 June 2020, Vietnam’s National Assembly passed a resolution ratifying the EU – Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) (“Resolution”) and the EU – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA). Passage of the Resolution marks Vietnam’s completion of its legal procedure to ratify the EVIPA, however, the EVIPA requires further ratification by all EU member states before it can enter into force. The EVIPA includes investment protection prohibiting discriminatory treatment and expropriation without compensation. The EVIPA…

Vietnam – REX numbers for exporters to the EU – Deadline 30 June

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On 8 June 2020 Vietnam ratified the European Union – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the European Union – Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA). The EVFTA will provide expansive preferential markets access for goods traded between Vietnam and the European Union (EU). The EVFTA will enter into effect on 1 August 2020. In order to export from Vietnam to the EU, exporters must have a REX number in order to complete shipments valued at…

Upcoming Webinar: Trans-Pacific Partnership and Other Trade Agreement Developments

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Join us for our 2013 Global International Trade Compliance Webinar Series. The focus this year will be on “Globalization of the Supply Chain: Trade Regulation and Developments.” We expect 2013 to an exciting year, with many developments on the trade regulation side. We will focus on WTO developments in Russia, trade agreements and what US trade policy will look like post-election. We will also conduct several webinar sessions that will focus on recent enforcement cases…