Leader of MoIT Trần Tuấn Anh said trade barriers, including tariff and non-tariff restrictions, should be limited to restore the economies of ASEAN members amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Though the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will reduce many tariffs to zero in member countries, Vietnamse farm exports could face non-tariff barriers, according to local experts.
The Government is determined to make custom
procedures quick and transparent in line with the World Trade
Organisation Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) which Viet Nam signed in
2013.