Vietnam's agreement with the United States, we have to be cautious! The outside world generally pays attention to the US's plan to impose a 40% tariff on Vietnamese transshipment products, but they have overlooked another issue. That is, Vietnam unilaterally implements zero tariffs on US products, which means what? This indicates that US products can freely enter the Vietnamese market. And if not careful, the US might also use Vietnam as a transit route to enter the Chinese market.
In fact, China and Vietnam are both in RCEP. China imposes zero tariffs on more than 90% of Vietnamese products, and even for those that are not zero tariffs, the tariffs are very low. The US has always wanted to sell more oil, natural gas, grains, meat, etc., into the Chinese market. However, due to the US imposing taxes on us, we have imposed retaliatory tariffs on related products. For example, we have not purchased any US energy for three consecutive months, which has caused great headaches for US energy suppliers.
We have also shifted our corn, soybeans, beef, and other products to countries such as Brazil and Argentina. Therefore, if the US strongly strikes our transshipment trade, we will also strongly strike the US's transshipment trade in return. In short, in terms of economic and trade issues, we treat the US equally. Whether the US wants to completely cool down the tense Sino-US economic and trade relations, we will certainly watch the development of the situation. Therefore, for the US-Vietnam agreement and other agreements, we must remain vigilant.
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