From September 21 to 25, a number of working sessions has been held between Vietnamese officials and US partners. Among the latter were the US International Trade Commission (USITC), the US Trade Representative (USTR), the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the US Grains Council (USGC). The sessions took place within the working trip to the US by president Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a Vietnamese delegation.
At each meeting, the two sides took note of potential for trade cooperation based on the reciprocity of their agricultural products. The US is Vietnam’s leading agricultural importer, and the Southeast Asian nation is also a big buyer of US farm produce.
The US has opened up its market to certain tropical fruits and recognized Vietnam's Pangasius Food Safety Control System. It will consider opening its door for Vietnamese pomelo and passion fruit in the time ahead. For Vietnam, the Southeast Asian nation has imported fruits that are of the US’s strength like apple, grape, pear and nectarine; approved the registration of US meat and seafood exporters; and certified bio-tech products and cut import tax for animal feed from the US.
As reported on en.vietnamplus.vn¸ US spokespeople said Vietnam is a trustworthy partner in the implementation of trade commitments in agriculture.
