BRUSSELS, BELGIUM —The European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and the Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng announced on Dec. 3 that they had officially concluded negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the E.U. and Vietnam. The agreement will give the E.U. access to one of Asia's most promising markets. Vietnam is a fast growing economy and became a World Trade Organization (WTO) member in 2007. With its 90,000,000 inhabitants and growing middle class, it arises as an interesting market for E.U. exporters.
This has been excerpted from a 3 December 2015 news item by World Grain and is available in its entirety at: http://www.world-grain.com/articles/news_home/World_Grain_News/2015/12/EU_Vietnam_complete_trade_nego.aspx?ID=%7BF9968428-8569-430B-B1DD-7E716CCE500C%7D&cck=1