Peter Navarro says Vietnam's 0% tariff offer is not enough: 'It's the non-tariff cheating that matters'

[LiberalArkie]

APR 7 20258:52 AM EDT

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said Monday that an offer by Vietnam to eliminate tariffs on U.S. imports would not be enough for the administration to lift its new levies announced last week.

“Let’s take Vietnam. When they come to us and say ‘we’ll go to zero tariffs,’ that means nothing to us because it’s the non-tariff cheating that matters,” Navarro said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”

The examples of non-tariff “cheating” cited by Navarro included Chinese products being routed through Vietnam, intellectual property theft and a value added tax.

The comments from Navarro come after President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Friday that To Lam, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, had offered to cut tariffs on U.S. products to zero. Later in the Monday interview, Navarro revised his statement to say that the offer of zero tariffs would be a “small first start.”

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https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/07/peter-navarro-says-vietnams-0percent-tariff-offer-is-not-enough-its-the-non-tariff-cheating-that-matters.html


Comment: Does Navarro accidentally own a lot of shares in clothing manufacturers? Or thinking about it?

[Kid Berwyn]

1. Spoken like a true Capo.

You say Mafia.
I say Mafiya.
Let’s call the whole thing crooked.

[dalton99a]

2. +1. Vietnam should give Ivanka a couple of shoe factories there

[Kid Berwyn]

5. "It'd be nice."

“A start.”

[Klarkashton]

3. There is no method to Navarro's madness.

This is insanity.

[yardwork]

6. It's a grift to them.

They have no idea what they're doing. They're just trying to steal as much as possible as quickly as possible.

They are so stupid and ignorant they have no idea what they're wrecking. It's a smash and grab.

[newdeal2]

4. Other countries should be wary of dealing with a liar

He will keep changing the goalposts and he doesn’t keep his promises - see USMCA, Iran deal, Paris accords, etc.

[highplainsdem]

7. Trump's mentioned the VAT (value added tax) before as something he'll demand other countries

get rid of.

[edhopper]

8. What an idiot

it is just a national sales tax. We just have them by States.

[edhopper]

9. In general

sell through countries does not prevent tariffs. It is based on Country of origin. The small percentage of things sneaking through is a rounding error and not a problem.

[NewHendoLib]

10. says one of the main cheaters