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Vietnam eyes stronger trade ties with Canada through CPTPP

Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien met with Canadian Minister of International Trade Mary Ng on the sidelines of the CPTPP Commission meeting in Vancouver during the last week of the previous month.

Vietnam’s exports to Canada declined by *.** per cent, falling from $*,***.*** million in the first ten months of **** to $*,***.*** million during the same period in ****. This accounted for *.** per cent of the country’s total apparel exports of $**.*** billion during the review period this year. The US, Japan, South Korea, and China were larger markets for Vietnamese apparel exports, with a combined share exceeding ** per cent, according to Fibre2Fashion&#**;s market insight tool TexPro.