The intended meaning of my post was that Mexico and Canada almost exclusively trade with US. while ASEAN, Japan and Korea do there best to trade with everyone.
in 2023 US is getting more of its imports from Vietnam than prior years. Vietnam is most probably getting dollar for this trade.
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It is harder for vietnam to get rid of their US$. Russia and Saudi are not going to accept as much US$ as before, when selling their oil. China is demanding rmb for Chinese exports to vietnam.
