Vietnam, Uncertain of TPP, Focuses on Alternatives

For the United States, Vietnam has been a poster child for how economic bonds can rise out of the ashes of war, but now the tumult of 2016 has brought uncertainty to the two countries' trade relations. Nothing symbolized that more than the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Vietnam had pinned its hopes of prosperity through trade on TPP. After Washington spurned the trade deal, though, Hanoi had to regroup. But instead of staking out a firm position, Vietnam seems to have adopted an attitude...

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