Vietnam Cites Progress in US Trade Talks, Will Continue in June

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Eric Trump at a groundbreaking ceremony in Hung Yen province on May 21.

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Vietnam says it’s made positive progress in the second round of trade talks with the US, as it seeks to secure a deal to avert a cripplingly high US tariff.

After three days of trade deal negotiations the two sides identified “groups of issues on which consensus or views were close, and groups of issues that needed further discussion,” according to a statement on the trade ministry’s website.