Aug 11, 2017 @ 02:37 AM 22,642 Forbes
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- The EU is today Vietnam’s second-largest trading partner, after China, and second-biggest export market, after the United States.
- The Vietnam government, perhaps, knows that while human rights might be a “red line” for some EU officials, the promise of greater profits for European firms could be enough to strong-arm others into accepting the EVFTA.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 7, 2017. (TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP/Getty Images)