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Mixing family business with US trade policy in Vietnam
Published 8 months, 2 weeks ago
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Last month, Eric Trump, executive vice president at The Trump Organization, attended a ceremony in Vietnam to break ground on a $1.5 billion residential development and golf course. This comes as Vietnam's government is in trade talks with the administration of Eric's father, President Donald Trump.
Today on the show, we look at how the Trump family's business projects in Vietnam are raising red flags when it comes to government ethics.
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Today on the show, we look at how the Trump family's business projects in Vietnam are raising red flags when it comes to government ethics.
Related episodes:
How Trump is making coin from $TRUMP coin
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
Fact-checking by Sierra Juarez. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
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