nearly all tariffs on goods over 99 percent with a one percent possibly liberalize through protests it is reducing costs red tape for businesses and this is particularly important for small business vietnam is still a lower middle income country but its economy is growing at 7 percent it has a well developed textile electric industries and 2018 vietnam delivered close to $38000000000.00 euros worth of goods and services to the e.u. and vietnam s 95000000 strong population represents major market opportunities for the block the newly agreed trade deal also protects intellectual property and requires adherents to the standards laid out by the international labor organization those are encouraging signs for investors. but not everyone is happy that means activists have called on the e.u. to demand political reform from the vietnamese government especially its poor record on human rights and its curbs on free speech have come under scrutiny. it s