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"It is my opinion that the SUV or, as it is sometimes referred to, Large Engine Vehicle, which does so well in the United States, will be a wonderful addition to the various product lines within Vietnam"
Source: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114784170652465525
Trump's gone woke, he's making deals with socialists! Quick, cancel his DEI funding!
I’m so confused? Why would Vietnam agree to a one sided “free” trade agreement.
Assuming trump has wildly oversimplified the details to sound better than they are.
Because they get cheaper tariffs on exports to the US, in the knowledge that they don’t want to import much at all from the US, so it makes Trump think he has something when he has nothing.
For Vietnam a bad deal is probably better than no deal. But also, don't believe anything Trump says.
Why would Vietnam be paying the tariff on Vietnamese goods going into the US? I swear the definition of a tariff changes every time I see it mentioned.
He's always said that tariffs are paid by the exporting country to the importing country. He's wrong of course, but at least he's consistent.
He is just so tiresome. Why won’t he just fucking choke already?
The worm eats well done steak with ketchup. Statistically he should have choked many times.
*I have zero data to back this claim, just an assumption that it would be more likely to choke on shoe leather
"I hate communists!" except the one that buy my Large Engine Vroom Vrooms. Thank you for your attention on this matter.
So he's putting tariffs on Vietnamese imports but exports are unburdened... So he's basically creating a trade deficit? The thing he railed against months ago?
I don't think i follow your logic, theoretically this would reduce the trade deficit. The US would be importing less from Vietnam because the people in the US have to pay 20% more, and the US would be exporting more to Vietnam as the price of the US good would be cheaper then they were before with no duties.
The US would be exporting more and importing less so the trade deficit will go down.
I don't think that's how it will work on reality as even with that 20% goods produced in Vietnam will still be cheaper then those made in the US. Same with US goods in Vietnam, where even if they don't cost any more then the equivalent Vietnamese good due to tarrifs, they'll still cost a lot more due to labor and shipping costs.
You receive: selling your shit in my country at a disadvantage
I receive: selling my shit in your country at an advantage
???
It’s funny to think about how when any of these GOP people talk about China, they always emphasize “the Chinese COMMUNIST Party” to dog whistle that they are “bad,” but now we are happy to trade with another communist country?
Every time I read something he's written or hear him speak I feel like I'm stupider
...vietnam doesn't have enough room for mopeds, let alone SUVs...
Transshipping? Oh shit, is he deporting trans folks to Vietnam?
/s just in case
I thought communists were bad. Or is that what liberals think? Are Republicans okay with communists now? What's even happening? 😂😂😂
They will pay the tariffs! That’s how tariffs work. /s
I hate this. I hated that the rise in private car ownership was messing up the flow of Vietnam scooter traffic. Now it'll just be worse. I hope Vinfast is able to succeed, and VN residents buy electric scooters and cars made by their own citizens.
At least VN just got its first subway.
i'm sure he can't even place vietnam on a map