politics
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The Impact of the 20% Tariff on Imports from Vietnam – US Consumer Prices Up, Industrial Competitiveness Down
July 6, 2025 Summary: This blog discusses the potential impact of the newly agreed 20% flat tariff on all U.S. imports from Vietnam. Vietnam is the sixth largest national source of US imports and so tariff adjustments will impact both Vietnamese producers and US buyers. Slim net profit margins in labor-intensive consumer goods industries will…
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The Beauty of Value-Added Tax for the United States – More Revenue with Least Impact
June 21, 2025. This site is overdue for another opinion on the current US tax and tariff debate as it continues into the summer. A concern of the new administration has been the imposition of high rates of value added tax (VAT) by importing countries on goods imported from the United States. This is seen…
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