Vietnam Signs Trade Deal With US Despite China’s Warnings, More Countries May Follow: Experts

The two-tiered trade deals will become the new norm to contain China’s dumping, analysts predicted.
Vietnam Signs Trade Deal With US Despite China’s Warnings, More Countries May Follow: Experts
Containers are loaded onto a ship at Tien Sa port in Da Nang city, Vietnam, on March 6, 2020. Kham/Reuters
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After the United States and Vietnam signed a trade deal, Beijing again issued a warning of retaliation to other countries preparing to sign similar agreements with Washington, as the White House’s July 9 deadline for trade deals approaches.

Under the July 2 agreement, U.S. goods will enter the Vietnamese market tariff-free, while all Vietnamese goods shipped to the United States will be subject to a 20 percent tariff. Any goods transshipped through Vietnam to the United States will face a 40 percent tariff.