WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the visit to the White House by Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (all times local):
3 p.m.
President Donald Trump has welcomed Vietnam’s prime minister to the White House.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (fook SOO-an nuh-WEE-ihn) is the first leader to visit the Trump White House from Southeast Asia.
Billions in U.S.-Vietnam business deals are expected to be signed during his visit.
Trump is due to travel to Vietnam to attend an Asia-Pacific economic summit in November, but the relationship is on uncertain ground.
Vietnam had stood to be a prime beneficiary of the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade agreement negotiated under Obama administration.
Trump withdrew the U.S. from that agreement within days of taking office, and he’s is concerned over the $32 billion trade deficit with Vietnam, America’s sixth-largest.
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12:10 p.m.
President Donald Trump is expected to focus on America’s trade deficit with Vietnam when he meets Wednesday with the nation’s prime minister.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (fook SOO-an nuh-WEE-ihn) is the first leader to visit the Trump White House from Southeast Asia, where the U.S. vies with China for influence. Billions in U.S.-Vietnam business deals are expected to be signed during his visit.
Vietnam had stood to be a prime beneficiary of the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement negotiated under Obama administration.
Trump withdrew the U.S. from TPP within days of taking office, and is concerned over the $32 billion trade deficit with Vietnam, America’s sixth-largest.
The Oval Office meeting could also be overshadowed by expectation Trump will withdraw the U.S. from a global agreement on climate change.
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