Trade Deal: U.S. & South Korea
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Trade Deal: U.S. & South Korea
Posted on Aug 1
By: Brian Walczyk, Compliance Manager, TadeInsights, LCB, CCS
President Trump announced on July 30th that the U.S. and South Korea have arrived at a trade deal, via a Truth Social posting.
The deal sets the South Korea reciprocal rate at 15%, and notes that South Korea will be “completely OPEN TO TRADE with the United States.”
Recently elected President Lee Jae Myung will be making a trip to the White House for a bilateral meeting in the next two weeks, where additional details of the deal will likely be refined between the two longstanding trading partners.
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