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International Business Times
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Vietnam Says To Buy More US Goods As It Seeks Tariff Delay

The United States in Vietnam's biggest export market and Hanoi has called on Donald Trump to delay imposing the tariffs in order to give time for talks (Credit: AFP)

Vietnam will buy more US goods including security and defence products, the government said, as it seeks a last-minute delay to enormous tariffs imposed by Washington.

The Southeast Asian manufacturing powerhouse counted the United States as its biggest export market in the first three months of the year, but its key customer has now hit it with a colossal 46 percent duties.

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