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President Donald Trump stated Monday that he was rising tariffs on South Korean imports of autos, lumber and prescription drugs to 25%, accusing Seoul of “not dwelling up” to its commerce deal.
“Our commerce offers are essential to America. In every of those offers, we have now acted swiftly to cut back our TARIFFS according to the transaction agreed to,” Trump wrote in a Fact Social submit.
“We, after all, count on our buying and selling companions to do the identical,” he added, saying that South Korea’s legislature had not accepted the commerce settlement.
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President Donald Trump stated he would elevate tariffs again as much as 25% on South Korea following delays in an agreed commerce deal. (Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Photos)
“As a result of the Korean Legislature hasn’t enacted our historic commerce settlement, which is their prerogative, I’m hereby rising South Korean TARIFFS on Autos, Lumber, Pharma, and all different Reciprocal TARIFFS, from 15% to 25%,” Trump added.
The South Korean Embassy in Washington, D.C., didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
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Hyundai automobiles are loaded on a ship at a port close to the corporate’s Ulsan plant in Ulsan, South Korea, on March 30, 2025. (SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg/Getty Photos)
The transfer suits into Trump’s broader second-term technique of utilizing tariffs as leverage to implement commerce compliance fairly than as non permanent negotiating instruments.
The transfer comes because the Trump administration awaits a Supreme Court docket ruling on whether or not a number of the commerce duties imposed in 2025 exceeded presidential authority, a call that would have broad implications for present tariff actions.
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President Donald Trump, at proper, and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung agreed to a commerce deal in 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
Tariffs are taxes levied on imported items. Though they’re paid by firms on the border, the prices are sometimes handed alongside by means of increased costs, leaving customers to bear a lot of the burden.
It stays unclear when the upper tariffs will take impact or how South Korea could reply.
