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Vietnam Restates Readiness for ‘Constructive’ US Trade Talks
Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Van Thang, looking to reinvigorate months-long negotiations over a final tariff deal with the Trump administration, reiterated to US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer the Southeast Asian country’s readiness for “open, constructive” trade talks.
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- Why it matters
- Vietnam seeks to move stalled trade talks forward after months without agreement on tariffs, a deal that would affect bilateral commerce.
- Most affected
- Vietnamese exporters — tariff agreement could determine their access to US markets
US importers from Vietnam — final tariff terms would set their costs on Vietnamese goods - Likely next
- whether the US Trade Representative signals progress toward a final tariff agreement in coming weeks.