Against a ticking clock, President Donald Trump said Wednesday the United States has reached a trade agreement with Vietnam, pulling off the administration’s third significant deal ahead of a self-imposed July 9 deadline.

Talks between Vietnam and the U.S. about a tariff deal are still ongoing, even after Trump’s July 2 announcement. During Thursday’s press session in Hanoi, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang stated both parties are “continuing discussions to clarify and concretize related contents.

that the United States and Vietnam struck a trade deal just a week before the July 9 deadline. The agreement will see the US impose a 20 percent tariff on many Vietnamese exports, meaning Vietnam averted the threatened 46 percent levy. Additionally ...

The recent tariff agreement has calmed bilateral tensions between Hanoi and Washington, but new trade tensions could be in store.

Vietnam’s negotiators are still working on the terms of the tariff deal with their US counterparts, more than two weeks after it was first announced by US President Donald Trump.

The US trade agreement with Vietnam reportedly lowers tariffs but lacks detail, triggering sharp warnings from Chinese officials.

US president says Jakarta will buy 50 Boeing jets and billions of dollars of energy and farm products under the deal.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on Wednesday he expected a trade deal with the United States before the expiration of a pause on 46% reciprocal tariffs on Vietnamese exports in early July.