South Korean Donald Trump’s tariffs will not ‘battle’

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South Korea will start in the next week with trade talks, the President, which is not fighting against US tariffs, the country’s trade talks before trade.

Han Duck-Soo, a technocratic who acts as President after Yoon Suk Yeol Removal of office This month, by the Constitutional Court of the country, “The role of the United States is what Korea is now.”

“After the destruction of the Korean war …. The United States, which helps South Korea’s very comfortable investment environment for foreign citizens,” provided us to the US transfer, investment and security. “

“Our industrial prowess and our financial development and culture and culture and our growth and wealth are very difficult for help from the United States,” he said.

On the background of this gratitude, Washington’s closest security allies and economic partners in Asia will take talks with Trump, who wanted to find more solutions to fight against the fight against the fight, “Han said.

South Korean officials, Trump, South Korea’s free trade agreement in American goods, a 25 percent of “mutual” tariffs in the country this month, this month was announced this month.

Korean car giants Hyundai and Kia also shot separately 25 percent of the winning US assemblyThe country’s chipmaking and pharmaceutical companies face potential tariffs National Security Probe This week was declared by Washington.

South KoreaLeading Congomerates, chips, electric vehicle batteries and ten billions of dollars to build advanced production plants for solar panels.

However, Seoul’s trade surplus with the United States also rose sharply by hitting a record a record in 2024 Handed the US as the largest export location.

Speaking of a “good” phone call with Trump earlier this month, Han said they want to reduce the trade surplus of South Korea, including buying liquefied natural gas and commercial planes. Added that it has increased Cooperation in the sea ship “Can help strengthen the United States”.

Seoul said they wanted to discuss South Korea’s non-tariff trade barriers. Among the long-term US complaints, the automatic waste rules, non-transparent pharmacy prices, some American beef and network fees refuse to import about US content providers such as Netflix.

Han, as a result of the negotiations “Can cause some problems” “may be subject to some problems,” the more liberalization of trade between the two countries “will increase the welfare of the Korean people,” he said.

Trump management has also begun Trade talks with Japan This week, the White House Priorities will begin to provide some deals and return the President’s sweeping war of the President of Roil.

In the first time, Trump, the United States is connected with the US troops from the Korean Peninsula, this month, “Pay for the Great Time Military Defense”, including North Korea’s nuclear threat, is associated with a large concern.

Han stressed that there is no “clear framework” to discuss security, but “depending on issues”, reopen the agreement of the Bahiban agreement that resulted in the Biden administration related to 28,500 US soldiers in South Korea.

The Prime Minister also struck a crop with questions related to the authority to negotiate the US-South Korean relations as a prime minister.

Opposition parties have raised concerns that the selected heet of a deal with Han will close his ownership. South Korea SNAP presidential elections will be held At the beginning of June, to replace Yoon, which was removed from the office for their failure to apply the fighting law last year.

Han rejected the negotiations of a trade agreement and the democratic legitimacy, claiming that the mandate did not make any difference between “constitutional and relevant laws” and “presidents or presidents or presidents.”

Calls are also installed in the office of the president, for the protection of several South Korean conservatives for the unsecured office. Supporters evaluate the evils within the energy party of the Energy Party of Yoon after the war law.

However, Han said he would escape for the president, saying that he was “still”. The tender promised to review the offer, said: “There is no comment.”