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'Looking good': Trump opens South Korea trade talks as 70 nations call US about tariffs

Apr 08, 2025 View Original Article
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    -4% Center

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    40% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -32% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

77% : " "Their top TEAM is on a plane heading to the U.S., and things are looking good," Trump said in a Tuesday morning post on Truth Social, his social media platform.
57% : We are waiting for their call," Trump said.
46% : The U.S. market showed signs of calming Tuesday as the Trump administration signaled progress on trade negotiations.
40% : On Monday, Trump described similar negotiations underway with Japan as world leaders try to convince the U.S. president to roll back his new tariffs on all imports.
40% : Trump, however, told reporters that his trade negotiations with other countries could still mean his tariffs remain permanent.
39% : "Like with South Korea, we are bringing up other subjects that are not covered by Trade and Tariffs, and getting them negotiated also," Trump wrote in his post, describing his interactions with other nations.
31% : WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he opened trade negotiations with South Korea, one of the many countries that "want to make a deal with the United States" following the steep U.S. tariffs he announced last week that have sent stock markets into turmoil.
23% : " Trump added that China - which the president threatened Monday with an additional 50% tariff - has not reached out to the U.S. "China also wants to make a deal, badly, but they don't know how to get it started.
21% : Trump said that he spoke to South Korea's acting president, Han Duck-soo, adding that his administration and South Korea "have the confines and probability of a great DEAL for both countries.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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