Jan Zahradil (CER), rapporteur of the EU-Vietnam FTA in the European Parliament and Chairman of a newly established Friends of Vietnam group of MEPs, shared his views with Borderlex on the free trade agreement which Brussels and Hanoi aim to ink next week. Below, his interview with Iana Dreyer.
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[sh_light_text ]Hopes a planned EU-Vietnam free trade deal would be clinched at the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) this week in Italy were dashed when both sides announced they were hoping to conclude the deal “in the next few months”. Despite Hanoi’s and Brussels’ declared optimism, an early conclusion of the talks is …
