EUROCHAM WHITEBOOK 2019 BRIEFING AND EU-VIETNAM FREE TRADE AGREEMENT – HCMC AS BRIDGE TO EUROPE

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After finalizing the negotiations in 2015, the process of adoption and ratification has been slow due to various factors. The main factor was the need to split the Free Trade Agreement into two parts in order to align it with the decision of the European Court of Justice on the competence sharing between the European Union and its Member States.