Trump's tariffs could hit Vietnam hard

The tariffs are set to come in on Wednesday, April 9, and could cause huge upheaval for US companies, Chinese companies and Vietnamese companies across their supply chains.

US president Donald Trump announced on April 2 a range of sweeping reciprocal tariffs’ towards a list of some 60 trade partners with the US, on what he described as Liberation Day’ for the country.

Among the US tariffs on its imports are an additional 34% tariffs on China on top of the existing 20% 32% on Taiwan 26% on India 25% on South Korea 24% on Japan and Malaysia. The tariffs are expected to go ahead as of midnight US time on Wednesday April 9, and in a fast moving scenario, tariffs on Chinese products could be as high as 104%. 

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