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Founder of Mangrove Strategies. I cover Vietnam trade policy, agricultural markets, and market entry intelligence — drawing on Vietnamese and international sources.
Two US antidumping reviews show how a Vietnamese exporter gets a rate of its own or ends up at the country-wide one, while Brussels has until November 12 to decide on copper tube duties that could reach goods already shipped.
Oct 27, 2026
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15 min read
Five countries must ratify before tariffs move, and Swiss and Norwegian buyers will want proof that Vietnamese products meet their standards
Oct 21, 2026
3 min read
Washington has set preliminary subsidy duties of up to 74 percent on Vietnamese air compressors while the Section 301 rate sits at 12.5 percent and the trade agreement stays unsigned. In Brussels, Vietnam is off the EU tax blacklist, with two commitments still open.
Oct 13, 2026
14 min read
Decree 365 keeps the export certificate for standard rice and exempts organic, parboiled and fortified grades
Oct 7, 2026
The EU has written soluble coffee into its deforestation regulation from December 2027, as Vietnam's coffee sector bets on processing. In Washington, a trade deal is reported close while duties climb product by product.
Sep 29, 2026
11 min read
Australia suspends Vietnamese pomelo after an August audit
Sep 23, 2026
2 min read
Two trade blocs set Vietnam's treatment by list membership this fortnight. Vietnam has just met the written condition for the one in Washington. The one in the Eurasian Economic Union closed five years ago.
Sep 15, 2026
13 min read
MOIT's second FTA Index, published August 18, shows the national score falling -- but a mid-2025 provincial merger means this year's map bears little resemblance to last year's, and the government's own index site says the two scores can't be compared.
Aug 26, 2026
Four officials are in detention over the paperwork that lets Vietnamese durian into China. Three days after the arrests, the government moved to change how that paperwork gets issued.
Aug 18, 2026
VASEP's own July data shows US-bound seafood exports nearly flat over seven months -- before the Section 301 tariff has had time to fully register. The association says to wait for August.
Aug 12, 2026
Two Southeast Asian economies signed trade agreements with the United States last October. One of those agreements has still not been ratified, and its signatory pays less than Vietnam.
Aug 4, 2026
16 min read
The new Section 301 forced-labor tariff sorts 60 economies into 10% and 12.5% tiers by whether they ban forced-labor imports. Vietnam drew 12.5%; its own ban takes effect six weeks after USTR set the rate.
Jul 29, 2026
The asks are non-tariff barriers, intellectual property, and economic security cooperation. Washington means export controls, and Vietnam has started paying on one of the three.
Jul 21, 2026
12 min read
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.
Jul 15, 2026
Inside the tariff stack Vietnamese exporters will be living with after this morning's hearing
Jul 7, 2026
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.
Jul 1, 2026
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.
Jun 23, 2026
Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture cleared Vietnamese tilapia in 2025. Three other actors didn't agree.
Jun 16, 2026
How two simultaneous Section 301 probes are building above Vietnam's 20% tariff rate
Jun 9, 2026
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.
Jun 3, 2026
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.
May 26, 2026
9 min read
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.
May 20, 2026
4 min read
The 10% tariff expires July 24. A US court just ruled it unlawful. Three Section 301 investigations are lined up to replace it.
May 11, 2026
10 min read
US tariffs on Vietnamese goods sit at 10% — for now. Here's what changes after July
Mar 31, 2026
1 min read
Section 301 investigations launched. Shrimp exports shifting to China. EUDR clock running. A TL;DR.
Mar 21, 2026
