Trump Vows to Raise Tariffs to 25% on South Korea

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President Trump has threatened to raise tariffs on South Korean goods to 25% due to the country's failure to codify the trade deal, potentially straining US-South Korea relations.

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President Donald Trump has threatened to hike tariffs on goods from South Korea to 25%, citing what he said was the failure of the country’s legislature to codify the trade deal the two nations reached last year. Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology Non-Resident Fellow Troy Stangarone breaks down what this could mean for the relationship between the two countries. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Original article published by Bloomberg on January 27, 2026.
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