The US administration designated Vietnam a 'priority foreign country', making it the first jurisdiction in 13 years to be added to the most serious US watchlist category. (Reuters pic)HANOI: Businesses are divided over whether Washington should propose new tariffs on Vietnamese goods this month, with Tesla and Samsung not in favour, while others have called for penalties, submissions to the US government show.
The Trump administration has set a Nov 29 deadline to conclude a trade probe launched in May over the Southeast Asian nation's alleged intellectual property violations. It designated Vietnam as a "priority foreign country", the first jurisdiction in 13 years to be added to the most serious US watchlist category.
