US-Vietnam trade deal rekindles China tensions

Trump shakes Beijing truce by singling out transshipment in first Asian pact

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A container is loaded onto a ship at Vietnam's Hai Phong port. The U.S. intends to impose 40% tariffs on goods transshipped through the Southeast Asian country. © Reuters

STELLA YIFAN XIE

HONG KONG -- U.S. President Donald Trump's hefty tariff on imports transshipped through Vietnam puts China back in the crosshairs, analysts say, injecting fresh uncertainty into a fragile trade truce between the two superpowers.

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