Neither side has released documentation of the tariff terms, raising questions about whether they did, in fact, reach an agreement.
Vietnam’s negotiators had not, in fact, agreed to the 20% rate; they believed the tariff rate would be around 11%, according to the four people.
Some on the U.S. side were surprised, too, including outside groups who’d been tracking the talks, according to one Washington-based lobbyist who works with Vietnam and other Asian governments.
“Trump sandbagged everybody,” said the lobbyist. They described the Vietnamese government’s reaction as “surprise, as well as disappointment and anger.”
6 Comments
Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 1y
Canada: "first time?" Don't even bother with the states anymore, you can't trust that country.
DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online · 23 pts · 1y
I don't see any sane governments trying to make deals with him going forward. He's shown that he will just ignore/change any "deals" he makes in all aspects of his life as he sees fit.
I do suspect he'll go TACO in the end but the fucking chaos in the meantime...
Labtec6@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 1y
No chaos for him. Him and his friends are waiting for the stocks to hit lows then they buy and reverse course. Simple.
bushvin@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
Oh well… Eventually TACO.
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
This is the jackass who is threatening Brazil with 50% tariffs because he doesn't like how they are running their internal affairs.
lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Trump is like darth vader without the skills, charm, cool suit, nice voice, brains, and epic backstory.
“i am altering the deal…”