The so-called super-powered Vietnam has finally chosen to kneel before the United States! The US announced that it has reached a new trade agreement with Vietnam, which will impose a 20% tariff on Vietnamese goods exported to the US, and up to a 40% punitive tariff on transshipped goods. In exchange, Vietnam will open its market for the first time to American goods, implementing a zero-tariff policy. This means that our transshipped goods will have an additional 20% tariff, which is almost the same as exporting directly from our country!

In fact, Vietnam eventually bowed to the US, which is evident! After all, under the tariff trade policy, Vietnam was the first country to actively go to the US for negotiations, but was constantly troubled, and finally achieved nothing. After nearly three months of negotiations, Vietnam essentially signed a trade agreement that was humiliating and disgraceful, just to continue trading with the US.

Without going into other details, mainly talking about the transshipment trade, if the goods from East Asia are transferred to Vietnam and then to the US, and a 40% tax is imposed, then it's almost the same rate as domestic exports, so there's no need to continue exporting to Vietnam. We can directly export from China to the US, which may be cheaper.

It is currently uncertain whether we will take any countermeasures, because Vietnam, in order to sign the trade agreement, has adopted a zero-tariff policy for American products, trying to please the US. Such a treaty signed under duress, such as sacrificing itself to appease the tiger, determines that Vietnam is likely to be completely exploited by the US.

Vietnam, this small country, has no political acumen at all, and is constantly being put on the fire by the US, without any right to retaliate. No matter what, Vietnam thinks it has signed a good contract, and believes it can perform better, let Vietnam perform. If Vietnam dares to sell our interests to the US, then Vietnam will not have a good time.

Original article: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1836586911610116/

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