South Korea requests exclusion from US plan to increase tariffs
Voice of America
Vehicles are parked to be exported at a port next to Hyundai Motor's manufacturing facility in Ulsan, South Korea, Feb. 11, 2025.
South Korean officials have asked the Trump administration to exclude their country from U.S. plans to impose aggressive tariffs on trade partners, emphasizing that Seoul is already applying low duties on American products under the free trade agreement between the two nations.
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