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Duty-free at entry: what the EFTA deal gives Vietnamese exporters first

Jul 15, 2026

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Duty-free at entry: what the EFTA deal gives Vietnamese exporters first

EFTA's tariff cuts land the day the deal takes effect; Vietnam phases its own over up to 11 years -- and an unusual anti-dumping standstill may matter more than the duty cuts.

Kimmi Võ

trade policy

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Issue #5: The Hearing That Decides Vietnam's Next Tariff Rate

Jul 7, 2026

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15 min read

Issue #5: The Hearing That Decides Vietnam's Next Tariff Rate

Inside the tariff stack Vietnamese exporters will be living with after this morning's hearing

Kimmi Võ

trade policy

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Rising US pressure and stalled EU pathway for Vietnamese rice

Jul 1, 2026

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2 min read

Rising US pressure and stalled EU pathway for Vietnamese rice

The US is applying tariff pressure Vietnamese rice exporters can't easily avoid. The EU pathway that could absorb it just hit a certification bottleneck.

Kimmi Võ

tariff policy

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Issue #4: Record Exports, Rising Tariff Exposure

Jun 23, 2026

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11 min read

Issue #4: Record Exports, Rising Tariff Exposure

Section 301's forced labor determination is building a permanent duty stack. Vietnam's coffee and seafood sectors are posting export records. Issue #4 covers both.

Kimmi Võ

TiLV

When federal clearance isn't market access: Brazil's tilapia dispute

Jun 16, 2026

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2 min read

When federal clearance isn't market access: Brazil's tilapia dispute

Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture cleared Vietnamese tilapia in 2025. Three other actors didn't agree.

Kimmi Võ

GACC

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Jun 9, 2026

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12 min read

Issue #3: The Section 301 tariff stack

How two simultaneous Section 301 probes are building above Vietnam's 20% tariff rate

Kimmi Võ

Section 301

Jun 3, 2026

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2 min read

What the US Section 301 IP investigation into Vietnam actually covers

Vietnam is the only country facing this designation in 13 years. Here's what the investigation covers beyond streaming piracy -- and what affected industries can do before July 2.

Kimmi Võ

trade policy

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Issue #2: Vietnam's IP clock closes Friday

May 26, 2026

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9 min read

Issue #2: Vietnam's IP clock closes Friday

USTR has until May 30 to open a Section 301 IP investigation on Vietnam -- an authority with no rate cap and no expiry. China's GACC Decree 280 takes effect Monday. Two countdowns close before this week is out.

Kimmi Võ

Vietnam exports

Hanoi widens its durian export fraud probe

May 20, 2026

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4 min read

Hanoi widens its durian export fraud probe

Six months after 17 indictments, the Deputy PM is asking the Ministry of Public Security to go wider. Two regulatory deadlines bracket what comes next.

Kimmi Võ

Archive

Duty-free at entry: what the EFTA deal gives Vietnamese exporters first

Issue #5: The Hearing That Decides Vietnam's Next Tariff Rate

Rising US pressure and stalled EU pathway for Vietnamese rice

Issue #4: Record Exports, Rising Tariff Exposure

When federal clearance isn't market access: Brazil's tilapia dispute

Issue #3: The Section 301 tariff stack

What the US Section 301 IP investigation into Vietnam actually covers

Issue #2: Vietnam's IP clock closes Friday

Hanoi widens its durian export fraud probe

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