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Xi Jinping, Missing for Much of Tariff Drama, Visits Vietnam
Breitbart ^ | 04/14/2025 | Frances Martel

Posted on 04/14/2025 8:44:35 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping arrived in Vietnam on Monday for a state visit whose top priority appears to be ensuring Hanoi’s support as Beijing faces soaring tariff rates meant to limit its influence on the American economy.

The fellow communist country received Xi with a lavish ceremony in Hanoi. Xi, in turn, addressed the Vietnamese people in a column published by the national newspaper Nhan Dan in which he emphasized their identities as “friendly socialist neighbors” and asserted that a “tariff war will produce no winner.”

While the “tariff war” comment is primarily a reference to ongoing tensions between Washington and Beijing over President Donald Trump’s policies to strengthen America’s industrial competitiveness, it could also have been intended as a reference to Vietnam increasing tariffs on Chinese steel products just as Trump announced tariffs on nearly every American trade partner on April 2, which he dubbed “Liberation Day.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: drama; missing; much; tariff; vietnam; visits; xijinping
Well well well. I wonder what this is about
1 posted on 04/14/2025 8:44:35 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Perhaps trying to pry them away from Trump’s influence and tariff negotiations?


2 posted on 04/14/2025 8:46:48 AM PDT by silent majority rising (When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

China launders goods through Viet Nam for export to US.


3 posted on 04/14/2025 8:50:24 AM PDT by Cold Heart (It's a good time to be ashamed to be a democrat)
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FTA-—Xi Jinping arrived in Vietnam on Monday for a state visit......his top priority appears to be ensuring Communist Hanoi’s support as Beijing faces soaring tariff rates meant to limit its influence on the American economy.

Xi got a lavish ceremony in Hanoi and addressed the Vietnamese people in a column published by the national newspaper......he emphasized them as “friendly socialist neighbors” and asserted a “tariff war will produce no winner.”


4 posted on 04/14/2025 8:50:53 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray...."Our Father, who art in heaven......" )
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To: Cold Heart
China launders goods through Viet Nam for export to US.

Yep, XI spreading around some promises to insure this outlet is still viable.

5 posted on 04/14/2025 8:53:20 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Keeping up the grift. As Navarro pointed out, China “boxes” their crap product and labels it “Vietnam”.

So, Vietnam in order to reach the parity they want from US— needs to stop doing that and covering up all kinds of “origin” info for China so they won’t have any tariffs on those products. The Chinks are there to enforce the scam.

Hint: Vietnamese are traditional enemies of the Chinese- esp. the Han which is what Xi Ping is. Vietnam war was a proxy war for control of Vietnam— which Russia “won” and China lost, for this very reason.


6 posted on 04/14/2025 8:53:58 AM PDT by John S Mosby ( Sic Semper Tyrannis )
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To: Cold Heart

Exactly, and their spies are telling them the Vietnamese aren’t playing any more (one of the first countries to offer parity to US— to which needs to be added no more chinese products labeled as Vietnamese). This visit is a threat to the Vietnamese.

Typical stupid crap Commie tyranny— doesn’t work, and has no concept of FAIR trade, let alone Free trade.


7 posted on 04/14/2025 8:56:18 AM PDT by John S Mosby ( Sic Semper Tyrannis )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He is trying to shore up “his” base.


8 posted on 04/14/2025 9:17:15 AM PDT by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

warning Vietnam not to step on china’s toes or else


9 posted on 04/14/2025 9:25:18 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He’s hoping that Vietnam will buy the 2 million cr@p TVs a year that won’t be bought by Americans in future.


10 posted on 04/14/2025 9:25:29 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: Gay State Conservative

“I’d rather smell French s___ for 5 years, than Chinese s___ for a thousand years.” - Ho Chi Minh


11 posted on 04/14/2025 9:28:14 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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On a bit of a tangent: my Korean American girlfriend and I were talking the other day and one of us brought up the subject of the Chinese. She lived the first 40 years of her life in Korea so she has a good understanding of the Chinese.

She told me during the talk that the Chinese don't wash their hair. Shocked,I said to her "is that poor Chinese?" She said "no...rich,poor,all Chinese". She said that it's because they believe that intelligence is located in the scalp so washing their hair reduces their IQ.

She hates the Chinese so I suspect that her view might be tainted by that hatred.

I,personally,have visited China so I'm somewhat familiar with the many aromas found there.

12 posted on 04/14/2025 9:43:00 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Tut tut looks like rain.


13 posted on 04/14/2025 9:59:50 AM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Winnie the Pooh is rallying the commies.


14 posted on 04/14/2025 10:20:31 AM PDT by ProudDeplorable (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: Gay State Conservative
I,personally,have visited China so I'm somewhat familiar with the many aromas found there.

Gagging thinking about that. Please, don't give examples!

15 posted on 04/14/2025 11:20:00 AM PDT by roadcat ( )
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To: Cold Heart

Dots connecting money ensues.


16 posted on 04/14/2025 12:02:20 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: silent majority rising

Good luck with that.

The Vietnamese HATE the Chinese, and with good reason.


17 posted on 04/14/2025 4:14:59 PM PDT by T. Rustin Noone
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hosting Xi indicates that Vietnam doesn’t plan to negotiate seriously with us.


18 posted on 04/15/2025 7:53:05 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
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