Deputy Minister Ted McKinney gave press interviews about the agricultural trade delegation and bilateral agricultural trade negotiations between Vietnam and the United States.
On the afternoon of October 15, in Ho Chi Minh City, US Deputy Minister of Agriculture Ted McKinney led an agricultural trade delegation with more than 40 US exporters and trade associations to Vietnam.
It is expected that Deputy Minister Ted McKinney will have meetings with Vietnamese government officials and businesses to promote agricultural trade between the United States and Vietnam. At the same time, US businesses will have meetings with domestic businesses to look for business opportunities in Vietnam.
The main topic is to negotiate the export of ethanol for use in gasoline, contributing to reducing environmental pollution. US businesses will provide advice and related technical assistance to Vietnamese partners.
US Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Ted McKinney
The delegation also visited a number of facilities, factories, businesses such as milk, wood processing, retail businesses … The delegation worked for 4 days, from 15 to 18 October 2019. The objective of the US Trade Delegation is to contribute to the trade balance between the two sides.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in 2018, the United States exported to Vietnam with a turnover of $ 4.2 billion. However, Vietnam currently has a trade surplus of about 40 billion US dollars to the United States.
The US side assessed the relationship between the two sides very well, the United States is the largest market of Vietnam. Vietnam's agricultural products have been exported to the United States such as coffee, pepper, cashew nuts, tropical fruits, shrimp and fish … Particularly the super-large export items are garments, shoes, furniture, electricity. death.
News, photos: Nguyen Thang
Source: VOH
