Vietnam to host China, EU leaders, in the coming weeks, amid the US tariff risks, sources say

02 April 2025 10:30 am Ist Vietnam Diplomacy/China-EU (graphic): Vietnam to host China, EU leaders in the coming weeks amid the US tariff risks, sources * Vietnam to offer China, the EU leaders in the coming weeks in the midst of US rates. Week Spain’s Prime Minister Sanchez, EU Trade Commissioner Visit Hanoi * China, EU, Vietnam performs large trade surplus with us by Phuong Nguyen and Francesco Guarascio Hanoi, -China’s President XI Jinping and the European Union will be planning to visit Vietnam in the next few weeks, risks of US trade. China, the EU and Vietnam have many major trade surpluses with the United States and all faced new rates of Donald Trump’s administration, with more expected on Wednesday. Xi Jinping is expected to meet Vietnamese leaders in Hanoi on April 14, two Vietnamese officials with direct knowledge of the plans told Reuters, in what his second visit to the country would be within less than 18 months. XI’s multi-day visit to Vietnam is part of a larger trip to Southeast Asia, including Cambodia and Malaysia, according to two diplomats. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said it had no information to share when asked about the trip during a news release Monday. The Foreign Ministry of Vietnam did not respond to a request for comment. Both Vietnamese sources said that the railways to be discussed connected northern Vietnam to China, which agreed to the two countries to develop to increase compounds and trade. One source said the journey of XI will take place amid ‘strategic adjustments by major countries’, referring to Trump’s shifting policy as the most important change. Vietnam is also approving the use of China’s Comac aircraft, with an industrial source in Vietnam, saying that a formal green light can coincide with the visit of XI. It can pave the way for leasing and possibly even the purchase of Chinese commercial jets through Vietnamese airlines. Only days before the visit of XI, the Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sanchez was met on April 9, followed by EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic, according to official programs. French President Emmanuel Macron and the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen also intend to visit Hanoi the following weeks, European officials and diplomats said. “The tide of rates and export control is rising … We want to create new opportunities to trade and invest with trusted partners,” Von der Leyen told top officials from the Southeastern Asian Bloc Asean in a video message when they were collected in Vietnam capital last month. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without edits to text.