Vietnam Kicks Off Trade Talks With US as Plane Deal Takes Shape

Vietnam and the US officially kicked off talks over the Trump administration’s threatened 46% tariff on goods from the Southeast Asian nation, which is racing to take advantage of a 90-day reprieve on the levy.

A phone call between trade minister Nguyen Hong Dien and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer set out the “principles, scope and roadmap of negotiations,” according to a post on the Vietnamese ministry’s website. Dien, who is the head of Hanoi’s trade negotiation team with the US, affirmed Vietnam’s readiness to tackle Washington’s concerns based on mutual interests, the ministry said.

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