Overview of Trade Facilitation Agreement

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Thi Phuong Thao Pham , Thuy Linh Tran , Mai Thanh Nong ,

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Volume 9 - October 2020 (10)

Abstract

Trade facilitation plays a key role in international trade and trade supply chains, which is also an important issue of the world in general and Vietnam in particular. The new WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) is a significant step forward for the international trading regime, representing new hope for the relevance of the WTO

Keywords

Trade facilitation, WTO, Vietnam.

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