South Korea, Trump and defense
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South Korea will follow terms previously agreed with the United States on defence cost sharing, its foreign ministry said on Wednesday, following a call by U.S. President Donald Trump for Seoul to pay more for the U.
President Donald Trump on Monday set a 25% tax on goods imported from Japan and South Korea, as well as new tariff rates on a dozen other countries.
President Donald Trump sent out letters to nations that haven't entered into trade agreements with the U.S., informing them of their new tariff rates.
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that South Korea needed to pay for its own military, suggesting the U.S. ally needed to pay more for having American security guarantees. "South Korea is making a lot of money,
Japan and South Korea, the United States’ closest security allies in Asia and key partners in its effort to counter China, were sent scrambling Tuesday after the U.S. president renewed his threat to impose steep tariffs on their goods,
While South Korean imports to the U.S. face 25% tariffs, the same as Trump promised in April, the rate on Japan has been raised by 1 percentage point to 25%.
Japan, which Trump said Monday faces a 25% tariff, wants concessions for its large automobile industry and will not sacrifice its agriculture sector for an early deal, top trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa said.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Wednesday that the 50% tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump would trigger the country's economic reciprocity law.