Vietnam Sends Trade Minister to US to Navigate Tariff Risk

Vietnam’s top trade official is scheduled to travel to the US to meet his American counterpart next week to discuss the trade relationship between the two countries, as the Southeast Asian nation seeks to avert the threat of tariffs.

Vietnam has conveyed to the US its desire to “build and maintain a harmonious, sustainable” trade relationship, while “affirming that Vietnam does not have any policies that could harm workers or US national security,” according to a post on the government’s website.