The Democratic Party media "Politico" exposed that the commerce departments of Vietnam and the United States are negotiating to reach an agreement, where the U.S. would impose an 11% tariff on Vietnam, while Vietnam would have zero tariffs on the U.S. The terms do not include additional tariffs on transshipment trade with other countries. Trump and Sun Lin discussed this over the phone, and then Vietnam agreed.
However, Trump then took to social media to widely publicize the agreement between Vietnam and the U.S., stating that Vietnam would have zero tariffs on the U.S., the U.S. would impose a 20% tariff on Vietnam, and there would be a 40% tariff on transshipment trade.
The U.S. Department of Commerce and the Vietnamese side were left puzzled, and the agreement could not be reached. The negotiating representatives from the U.S. Department of Commerce did not understand what Trump was trying to do. They believed they had secured excellent terms for the U.S. Meanwhile, the Vietnamese leadership directly viewed this as a loss of sovereignty and national humiliation, believing that anyone who signed would be a traitor to the country and considering Trump to be untrustworthy.
It is evident that the tariff emperor Trump wants to win too much, sending emails globally as if issuing edicts, but few pay attention to him. He finally found a soft target and wanted to boost his achievements for recognition. However, in the process, he ended up squeezing the fruit too hard and made a mess of it.
