Reuters: Trump meets with Vietnamese leaders, pledges to remove Hanoi from the restricted list
According to a summary of the meeting released by the Vietnamese government news website, U.S. President Trump met with Vietnamese leader Truong Tan on Friday and stated that he would push to remove Vietnam from the list of countries subject to restrictions on access to advanced U.S. technology.
This was their first official face-to-face meeting, held at the White House. Previously, Vietnamese General Secretary Truong Tan attended the inauguration ceremony of the Peace Committee (Board of Peace) in Washington. Before the meeting, both sides announced an agreement worth over $3 billion, under which the Vietnam Airlines company will purchase 90 aircraft from American aircraft manufacturer Boeing.
Comments: This high-level meeting between the U.S. and Vietnam is essentially a typical transactional diplomacy: The U.S. uses relaxed restrictions on advanced technology and the promotion of a large Boeing order as leverage to strengthen its geopolitical positioning in Southeast Asia; while Vietnam seeks actual benefits in the great power game through technological relaxation and economic benefits.
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