Is it true that Trump once again mentioned America first in his speech in Vietnam?

U.S. President Trump, who attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' meeting, once again shouted the slogan "America First."

According to the Associated Press report on November 10, Trump arrived in Da Nang, Vietnam that day and delivered a speech at the APEC Business Leaders Summit. He said he would insist on "America first" and not let the United States be "taken advantage of" on trade issues. Trump said the United States will seek a trade relationship based on fairness and reciprocity.

Calling the United States “an old friend of the region”

In his speech, Trump first reviewed the nearly two hundred years of exchange history between the United States and countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia, saying that the United States He is an "old friend of the region." He then praised China, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Japan and India for their achievements in economic and social development.

“Until the early 1990s, one-third of people in Vietnam earned less than one dollar a day, and one in four people did not have electricity at home; today, as an open economy, Vietnam It has one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, and Vietnamese students are among the best in the world." Trump's praise of his host country, Vietnam, sparked the first round of applause.

When talking about China, Trump said that China has achieved impressive economic achievements in the past few decades. "With China's market economic reforms, many regions in China have achieved tremendous economic growth, a large number of jobs have been created, and as many as 800 million people have been lifted out of poverty."

At the same time, Trump He also did not forget to mention his "political achievements". He said that after he took office, there was a "new optimism" in the United States. He also cited U.S. economic growth data, low unemployment and rising stock indexes.

Believing that the United States is being "taken advantage of"

In addition, Trump turned the topic to the United States' new trade measures.

Trump said that he would establish a "new type of partnership" with various countries, the core of which is "healthy trade relations based on fairness and reciprocity."

"When the United States has trade relations with other countries and other people," Trump said, "we expect both sides to open their markets at the same level."

Trump Pu complained that the United States has lowered trade thresholds to other countries for too long, but has not received equal open market treatment and has not been treated fairly within the WTO.

Trump said that the United States has not responded effectively to these situations for a long time in the past, resulting in economic damage and "being taken advantage of."

“America will never let others take advantage of us again,” Trump said. “I will put America’s interests first, just as I expect all of you here to put your country’s interests first. ”

On the 3rd, Trump started his first trip to the Asia-Pacific. Before arriving in Vietnam, he had visited Japan, South Korea and China respectively. Trump said in his speech that during the visit, he would be happy to share "good news from America."