Trade
Vietnam IP probe pending; business positions dividedAsk the tariff customers to reconcile their invoices
Trade Review has received requests to protect domestic production and requests to keep its inputs affordable. The same tariff cannot occupy every requested position.
- Executive owner
- Donald J. Trump / U.S. Trade Representative
- Status
- Vietnam IP probe pending; business positions divided
- Due
- November 29 investigation deadline
- Paying for it
- Importers and potentially their customers if additional duties are imposed
ACTIVITY
UpdatedThe submissions have been grouped by requested outcome. They do not produce a single industry position.
I want American manufacturing. Apparently it has Parts.
Components and equipment have their own sourcing constraints.
Elon understands factories, then the factory wants something from Vietnam and now my Tariff has to go sit outside while the part comes in. Everybody loves the front door speech, nobody mentions the loading dock! I would like to see the loading dock before the speech this time.
I'm still doing the tariffing. The dock doesn't get a veto.
The investigation remains open. Opposition and support are submissions, not a final determination.
Then I want the two piles clearly marked. Don't put them together under 'Industry Agrees' just because both piles are very heavy.
PUBLIC RECORD
Reuters reported November 2 that submissions to the Vietnam intellectual-property probe divide businesses: Tesla and Samsung oppose additional tariffs over supply-chain costs, while several domestic producer groups seek penalties. Tesla's cited submission dates to July 2. The investigation's deadline is November 29; no additional rate or scope is settled. Vietnam has urged objective investigations. This is newly reported review of submissions, not a newly imposed duty.