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Trump announces tariff deal with South Korea — U.S.'s 6th-biggest trading partner
South Korea appears to be the latest key U.S. trading partner to reach an agreement with the Trump administration, ahead of a Friday deadline when hefty tariffs take effect.
Trump, South Korea strike 15% tariff deal ahead of deadline
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that the United States will impose a 15% tariff on South Korean goods in a deal made just ahead of an Aug. 1 deadline.
Trump strikes trade deal with South Korea, hits U.S ally with 15% tariff
Trump had threated to put a 25% tariff on South Korea. It would have went into effect on Aug. 1 without a trade agreement or a reprieve.
Trump announces South Korea trade deal ahead of Aug. 1 tariff deadline
President Trump on Wednesday announced the United States had struck a trade deal with South Korea ahead of his Aug. 1 tariff deadline, putting 15 percent tariffs on goods from there. Trump said in
South Korea to invest $350B in US under new Trump trade agreement, tariff rate lowered to 15%
South Korea agrees to $350 billion investment in American projects and $100 billion energy purchase under new trade agreement announced by Trump.
Trump announces trade agreement with South Korea ahead of August 1 tariff deadline
President Donald Trump announced a new trade deal with South Korea, which calls for 15% tariffs on goods from there.
South Korea says Samsung, SK Hynix will not be subject to 100% US chip tariffs
South Korea's top trade envoy Yeo Han-koo said on Thursday that Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix will not be subject to 100% U.S. tariffs on chips. Yeo said on radio that among various countries, South Korea will face the most favourable U.
Samsung, SK Hynix likely safe from Trump’s 100% chip tariff plan
U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to impose a 100% tariff on all imports, including semiconductors, has raised concerns for South Korean chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. These companies supply large amounts of memory chips to major U.
South Korea says its key chipmakers are exempt from 100% tariffs
South Korea’s trade minister said Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix won’t be subject to 100% U.S. tariffs on semiconductor chips.
Shares in South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix tumble on US tariffs
SEOUL (Reuters) -Shares in South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix fell 3.1% in early Thursday trade, after President Donald Trump said the U.S. will impose a tariff of about 100% on chips. SK Hynix supplies Nvidia with chips called high-bandwidth memory used in artificial intelligence chipsets.

South Korea Reaches Trade Deal With Trump

The agreement comes after other American allies, like Japan, clinched their own deals, partly to moderate President Trump’s ...

Trump announces South Korea trade deal with $350B US investment hours before tariff deadline

I am pleased to announce that the United States of America has agreed to a Full and Complete Trade Deal with the Republic of ...

Trump-Lee summit 2025: modernizing the South Korea-U.S. alliance

The author imagines a conversation between the presidents of the United States and South Korea at their upcoming summit that ...

Trump issues blitz of tariff announcements on copper, Brazil, South Korea, small-value imports

By Ernest Scheyder, David Shepardson, Gabriel Araujo and Ju-min Park(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday ...

Donald Trump announces pre-deadline trade pact with South Korea

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said a new trade agreement with South Korea includes a set 15 percent tariff on its ...

North Korea dismantles propaganda loudspeakers from border to ease tensions with South Korea

South Korea’s military said Saturday it detected North Korea removing some of its loudspeakers from the inter-Korean border, ...

South Korea, US militaries will stage large-scale drills this month to address North Korean threats

The Aug. 18-28 exercise may trigger an angry reaction from North Korea, which calls the joint drills invasion rehearsals.
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Pentagon policy chief calls South Korea 'role model' for North deterrence, defense spending

A senior Pentagon official has described South Korea as a "role model" in its willingness to take "more of the lead" in ...