Washington Ups the Ante on Vietnam Trade Negotiations
What are the US and Vietnam really negotiating?
By: Khanh Vu Duc
The third round of US–Vietnam trade negotiations, originally scheduled for mid-June in Paris, was instead held—silently and strategically—in Washington from June 9 to 12. In a sharp contrast to expectations, this secretive round of talks wasn’t disclosed by Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade until June 15. No ad…
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