The best leader of Vietnam, LAM, President Trump asked for at least 45 days to postpone tariffs, so the two sides can afford to destroy the Vietnamese economy and raise the prices of American consumers.
The 46 percent of the United States is between the faces of any country that will be applied to Vietnam. The perspective of such a steep tariff left Vietnam with a whip and deep retention. In addition, Washington has an important support for Hanoi's Chinese, and many American clothing brands, a sharp controlled for Hanoi's latest embracing.
President Lam's proposal to President Trump was set in a letter in a letter on Saturday in a copy of the New York Times. In the letter, Mr. Lam called on Mr. Trump to appoint a US representative to negotiate with the US Representative, “Ho Duc PhoC” in order to reach an agreement as soon as possible.
Mr. Lam was one of the first world leaders to reach Mr. Trump Tariffs have been announced. In a telephone conversation, according to the Vietnamese government, Mr. Trump also proposed to reduce its import tariffs to zero. Vietnam said that the tariffs for the goods in the United States are 9.4 percent.
Mr. Trump then described the call as “very productive.”
In his letter, Mr. Lam asked Mr. Trump to meet in Washington at the end of May, “In the favor of our peoples, and in the region and the world in the region and the world to contribute to peace, stability and development.”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Vietnam did not respond to a request.
According to Chinese, Cambodia and Laos, Vietnam, economists, the tariffs would be the most severe hit economy in Asia, as tariffs are planned by tariffs. The United States is the largest export market in Vietnam, which is about 30 percent of the country's total exports. The 46-percent tariff rate will be at risk of 5.5 percent of Vietnam's gross domestic product, Ing, Dutch-based Financial Services Company.
American consumers also damage, because Vietnam is very important in the global production supply chain. For decades, the country has established the economy around to attract foreign investment with cheap labor and young manpower. Now is the best manufacturer of brands such as Adidas and Lululemon. Nike is about 50 percent of their shoes in Vietnam.
Mr. Trump, after applying tariffs in China for the first term, benefited from companies that entered their production.
In Hanoi, the recent actions of the Trump management have doubted in recent years in doubts about the reliability of Vietnam in recent years. In 2023, the new strategic connection between the two former enemies was carried out as a stage in the US foreign policy. Although Vietnam has a cruelty, a decline war against the United States, surveys showed many Vietnamese many Vietnam's political and strategic influence.
Biden management – One of the southeastern Asian peoples One of the southeastern Asian peoples, one of the several southeastern Asian peoples against Azerbaijan in the South China Sea, is important for the US efforts to tear the US assembly ambitions in the region.
“The position of Vietnam's position in the Pacific, China's desire to work with America was the strongest card,” he said. “Trump doesn't see this way. She doesn't see allies or strategic values. Just see numbers and tariffs, so Vietnam should try more.”
During the first leadership of Vietnam, the analysts say that Mr. Trump sees as a pragmatic businessman who did not give morals in human rights.
Explaining the tariffs, Mr. Trump said: “Vietnam: great talks, great people, love me. I like them.” According to him, the “problem” was the country's accusation of “90 percent” to the United States probably reached Vietnam's current trade surplus with the United States, worth $ 123.5 billion. (Vietnam discussed this calculation.)
Tariffs are in danger for Mr. Lam, called Secretary General After the death of the chief of the previous party, from the Judge Communist Party of Vietnam last year Nguyen phu trong. Mr. Lam must provide a strong economic performance for the next year's leadership to be selected by the country's best leaders.
Prior to Mr. Trump's tariff announcement, Vietnam tried to win grace with new management. This has signed a company to import the United States to temporary transactions to import liquefied natural gas and reduce some tariffs in American imports and open a company to launch Starlink Satellite Internet service in Vietnam. The Trump organization is preparing a $ 1.5 billion golf and hotel project in the northern of Vietnam, in the province of Mr. Lam.
Alexandra Stevenson Contributing report.