While Trump has paused his whopping 46 percent tariff on Vietnam, economists say the export-reliant country still faces painful decisions.

  • Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml
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    3 days ago

    Not to mention the US still hasn’t paid reparations for their genocide, and trump dismantled programs designed to clean up Vietnam era bombs and pollution that still kill people there, while China is partnering with them to build infrastructure. There’s still a lot of animosity over Chinas invasion though, they really should have sided with the Vietnamese over the Khmer Rouge, but they were trying to get closer to the US at that time, who also supported the Khmer Rouge.

    • Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Worse, even. The US forced Vietnam to pay the debts owed by their own fascist puppet regime they had installed in the South of Vietnam