# Vietnam Currency Investigation: Strategy and Policy Implications

> A CSIS analysis examines the USTR's October 2 Section 301 investigations into Vietnam, including one on currency undervaluation and one on illegally harvested timber. The piece weighs the trade actions against the growing US-Vietnam security partnership.

- Date: 2020-11-02 · published 2020-11-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50446-vietnam-currency-investigation-strategy-and-policy-implications
- Commodities: [Vietnamese Dong (VND per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDVND.md)

## Why it matters

The investigations could lead to retaliatory tariffs on Vietnamese goods, but their link to feed grain or protein prices is indirect and not yet concrete.

## Sources

- csis.org: https://www.csis.org/analysis/vietnam-currency-investigation-strategy-and-policy-implications

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