# How Vietnam Will Avoid Currency 'Manipulator' Label, Save its Economy

> Analysts expect Vietnam to make concessions to the US to avoid being labeled a currency manipulator after it was added to the Treasury watch list in late May alongside Malaysia and Singapore. Possible steps include fewer exchange rate changes and more US high-value imports.

- Date: 2019-06-05 · published 2019-06-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Vietnam · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58888-how-vietnam-will-avoid-currency-manipulator-label-save-its-economy
- Commodities: [Vietnamese Dong (VND per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDVND.md)

## Why it matters

A manipulator label could bring US tariffs on Vietnamese goods, while concessions could raise US purchases of higher-value goods, a modest factor for trade-linked commodity flows.

## Read by commodity

- USDVND: neutral

## Sources

- voanews.com: https://www.voanews.com/a/vietnam-currency-/4946360.html

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