Sources: Market status a top ask for Vietnam ahead of U.S. partnership upgrade

A change in how the Commerce Department treats Vietnam’s economy for the purposes of administering U.S. antidumping duties was a top priority for Hanoi in discussions with Washington that led the two countries last year to elevate their bilateral relationship, sources tell Inside U.S. Trade ahead of a final decision by the U.S. due next month. Commerce since 2002 has treated Vietnam as a “non-market economy,” a label that generally leads to higher duties in dumping cases. According to an...