VIETNAM TRADE DELEGATION IJTIMAK IN WASHINGTON FOR TWO WEEKS !! KITA BUAT APA?

 Ijtimak means to gather or to congregate.

• Viet officials led by Trade Minister Dien in Washington for two weeks
• delegation includes reps from construction, agri, tech,  central bank, finance
• Dien also met US counterpart Greer, in South Korea earlier
• The aim: to stave off brutal 46% tariff 
• could wreck Vietnam’s export-driven economy
• before 90-day pause on US tariffs expires on July 8th.

OSTB: There are only 42 days left until July 8th 2025 when the US Tariffs will kick in. What is TZA doing?

• Hanoi’s Beijing ties could hamper talks
• Washington wants Hanoi to crack down China transhipments 
• where companies reroute goods from China
• Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro, called Vietnam “a colony of China” 

OSTB: The Americans did not become the world's largest economy (behind China) by being stupid. If they know about "Chinese transhipments" through Vietnam they are bound to know things about our economy as well.

There are only 42 days left to July 8th? What are our fellows doing? 

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