The Chinese genocidal dictator Xi Jinping arrived in Vietnam on Monday for a state visit whose main priority seems to be guaranteed the support of Hanoi, since Beijing faces high tariff rates aimed at limiting his influence on the US economy.
The communist country received XI with a luxurious ceremony in Hanoi. XI, in turn, addressed the Vietnamese people in a column published by the National newspaper Nhan then In which he emphasized his identities as “friendly socialist neighbors” and said that a “tariff war will not produce winner.”
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In addition to imposing tariffs on China, Vietnam was one of the first countries to send a delegation to negotiate with Trump after the “Day of Liberation.” Trump said after a phone call with the head of the Communist Party to Lam that Hanoi “wants to reduce his zero tariffs if they can reach an agreement with the United States”
XI arrived in Vietnam after a prolonged period of silence with respect to the tariffs in which the spokesmen of the smaller communist party threaten and scold and scold the United States, a tácular tactic known as “Wolf Wolf Diplomacy” after action. XI has only talked once about the new rates in public comments – Duration a meeting with the socialist prime minister of the visit, the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, on Friday.
“There is no winner in a tariff war, and going against the world will only result in autosolation,” Xi threatened.
The Chinese state media emphasized that Hospitality Vietnam showed XI about its arrival and their hope of greater cooperation between communist countries, transmit images of crowds that stirred the hammer and hoz flags and a massive performance of the military band. XI is expected to visit Vietnam for two days.
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Despite being in charge of his country for a decade, XI has visited neighbor Vietnam only four times as “President” or China, partly due to a prolonged period of not traveling after the outbreak of the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic.
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While the opening ceremonies did not present concrete details of the commercial conversations, XI made it clear in their Nhan then Article that fights tariffs – Vietnam and America – It was a key priority.
“The commercial war and the war war will not produce winner, and protectionism will not lead anywhere,” he said in the article. “Our two countries should resolutely safeguard the multilateral trade system, industrial supply chains and stable global supply, and an open and cooperative international environment.”
When describing Vietnam and China as “friendly socialist neighbors,” Xi urged Hanoi to “deepen mutual strategic trust and advance the socialist cause”, and that people “act on the guidance of the leaders.”
“Duration of modern times, the pioneers of the Chinese and Vietnamese revolutions together explored a path to national salvation and made an important contribution to the victory of the Third World in the fight against colonialism and imperialism,” he said. “The China-Viet community with a shared future is based on strong mutual political confidence.”
“China and Viet have performed a closer cooperation in industrial and supply chains in the middle of a slow global economic recovery,” Xi continued. “China has been the largest commercial partner of Viet Nam for 20 years in a row, with a total bilateral trade that exceeds US $ 260 billion in 2024”.
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However, Xi warned the Vietnamese people that the world was entering “a new turbulent transformation period” that required them to hug China.
“Contribute to the success of the other and pursue common development, China and Vietnam have given an example of solidarity and cooperation in the global south,” he said.
“China welcomes the most quality Vietnamese products in the Chinese market and encourages more Chinese companies to invest and do business in Vietnam,” he added.
President Trump imposed a 46 percent rate to Vietnam as part of his announcement of the “Day of Liberation”, far from the highest rates imposed on nations such as Lesotho and Madagascar. Trump quickly rewarded Vietnam – And each country expects China – With a pause of the rate of 90 days later, he said, all other countries, apart from China, tried to negotiate more favorable trade agreements for the United States.
The Vietnamese Communist Party was the first to request negotiations in person in part thanks to having coincidentally scheduled a delegation to visit Washington when the tariffs were announced. The Vice Prime Vietnamese Minister Ho Duc PHOC arrived in Washington on April 3, the day after the “Liberation Day”, accompanied by the heads of multiple Vietnamese corporations.
“The business community hopes that the prompt response of the government, together with the visit of the Vice Primer Minister, allane the way for negotiations that lead to a more balanced agreement, relieving the burden of companies in the middle of the current business scenario.” Saigon Times Reported after its initial meetings.
Nhan then On April 9, he informed that the PHOC trade representative and the United States Jamieson Greer agreed to begin negotiations on a completely new bilateral commercial agreement that would result in Vietnam avoiding the fees and the presumable balance trade in the United States with the country. PHOC was a highly free of Washington, thanking Greer for his support for a strong, independent, self -controlled and prosperous Vietnam. “
In addition to that meeting, Trump spoke directly to the communist leader for LAM after the “Day of Liberation.”
“I just had a very productive call with LAM, general secretary of the Vietnam Communist Party, who told me that Vietnam Wagnam Menea reduce their tariffs to zero if they can make a request with the United States,” Trump said. “I thanked him on behalf of our country and said that I wait for a meeting in the near future.”
The new agreement, have indicated that Vietnamese officials will have to take into account Vietnam’s free trade agreements with 17 other nations (Vietnam and the United States also have a free trade agreement). One of those agreements is with the Southeast Asian Naitons association (ASEAN) or that China is a member, he thought that the agreement is not direct with China.
It is not clear if the ASEAN free trade agreement has an impact on Vietnam rates on Chinese steel announced in early April. The majority of Chinese galvanized steel companies now face a 37.13 percent tariff destined to prevent “spill”, a practice in which a highly productive company exports much of its excess to a foreign market for tanks prices and destroy competitors.
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