President Donald Trump’s two-tiered trade deal with Vietnam aims squarely at practices China has long used to skirt US tariffs: The widespread legal shifting of production to Southeast Asian factories and the murkier and illegal “origin washing” of exports through their ports.

China has sharply criticized the new trade agreement between the United States and Vietnam, accusing President Donald Trump of using tariff negotiations with third countries to undermine Beijing’s export dominance.

President Donald Trump announced today via Truth Social that the United States and Vietnam have reached a landmark trade agreement.