China the elephant in the US-Vietnam trade-talk room

China the elephant in the US-Vietnam trade-talk room

In recent weeks, Vietnamese officials have scrambled to negotiate a deal before the 90-day tariff reprieve expires in early July. Talks resumed in Washington this month, with both sides working to address American concerns over trade fraud and the re-labelling of Chinese goods

Vietnam has to walk the tightrope pulled taut on one end by US tariffs, and on the other by its dependency on Chinese trade. File image