Most of textile and apparel from Vietnam were imported to the United States because Vietnam has sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership contract, a secretive and multinational trade agreement. This contract makes Vietnam can import their products to the country that has sign the TPP contract easily. The benefits that Vietnam has received from joining the TPP is a low tax rate for export their products to the markets of the countries in the group of TPP. To join the TPP also can attract foreign investment to the country.
Some of the raw material which have been use in the production process are made from China. The United States want Vietnam to reduce using the material from China.