Commuters walk past a China Luxshare Precision Industry Company factory in Vietnam’s Bac Giang province. The US is opening an investigation into whether Vietnam has been undervaluing its currency and harming US commerce. Photo: Bloomberg
Opinion
Opinion
Outside In
In a Trumpian world where the US is the No 1 trade victim, no country is safe
- The narrative of US goods trade deficits has been feeding Donald Trump’s sense of victimhood
- The US has picked fights with many of its trading partners, and is now targeting Vietnam for daring to improve its manufacturing and export economy
Commuters walk past a China Luxshare Precision Industry Company factory in Vietnam’s Bac Giang province. The US is opening an investigation into whether Vietnam has been undervaluing its currency and harming US commerce. Photo: Bloomberg
