News Analysis
President Donald Trump announced a trade agreement with Vietnam on July 2 via a Truth Social post, days before the 90-day tariff deadline.
While the White House has yet to release official details of the preliminary framework, Trump confirmed that it features a 20 percent tariff on many Vietnamese exports entering the United States as well as a 40 percent levy for transshipping.
U.S. trade officials have made transshipping—the tactic of rerouting goods through a third country to disguise the origin of the products—a focal point of trade negotiations with Asian markets.
For example, if China were to sell its merchandise through products exported by Vietnam to the United States, Hanoi would be hit with a 40 percent tariff….
US Keeps Pressure on Chinese Goods Amid Vietnam Trade Deal
