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EU and Vietnam to start discussions on Free Trade Agreement

03/03/2010

The European Union and Vietnam have agreed to launch bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations following a meeting between new EU trade commissioner, Karel De Gucht, and Vietnam’s prime minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, in Hanoi at the start of March.Mr Dung asked the EU to recognise Vietnam’s market economy status as soon as possible, and added...

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