An initial trade deal with Vietnam offers a glimpse of how President Trump is pushing countries to cut back on trade with China.

The United States and Vietnam have agreed on a two-layer tariff system designed to stop goods routed through Vietnam, often to dodge US duties, from entering American markets. Under the plan, items genuinely produced in Vietnam face a 20% duty,

US President Donald Trump has announced a trade deal with Vietnam following weeks of intense diplomacy between the two countries and ahead of a deadline next week that would have resulted in higher tariffs on the country’s imports.