Ho Chi Minh City, April 3, 2025 (AFP) - 'Shocking': US tariffs worse than feared for Vietnamese exporters

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2025-04-03
At a garment factory in Ho Chi Minh City that exports T-shirts and underwear to the United States, staff were alarmed by "shocking" trade tariffs imposed on Vietnam that could severely impact their business. A manufacturing powerhouse that counted the United States as its biggest market last year, the Southeast Asian nation was hammered with a thumping 46 percent tariff in President Donald Trump's global trade blitz. Despite widespread fears it c......
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