WASHINGTON/HANOI (Reuters) -The United States will place a lower-than-promised 20% tariff on many Vietnamese exports, Donald Trump said on Wednesday, cooling tensions with its tenth-biggest trading partner days before the U.S. president could raise levies on most imports.

In the intricate landscape of global trade policy, President Trump's tariff strategy has stirred significant ripples across international financial markets. Despite intentions to impose tariffs on twelve countries,