Trump signals potential trade deal with South Korea

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : We talked about their tremendous and unsustainable Surplus, Tariffs, Shipbuilding, large scale purchase of U.S. LNG, their joint venture in an Alaska Pipeline, and payment for the big time Military Protection we provide to South Korea," Trump wrote Tuesday on Truth Social.
54% : The rate was reached after Trump imposed a 34 percent reciprocal tax, on top of a 20 percent rate, on China last week.
49% : Trump announced a 25 percent reciprocal tariff on South Korea on Wednesday, when he said he would impose a 10 percent baseline import tax on trading partners and higher rates on dozens of countries.
44% : The Chinese government on Monday vowed to "fight to the end" and impose more taxes on the U.S. after Trump, in a post on Truth Social, escalated the back-and-forth between the two nations by threatening to add 50 percent to the current 54 percent tariff rate.
18% : Trump then called out China for wanting to make a deal.
14% : President Trump said there could be a potential trade deal in the works with South Korea, saying that the country has a team traveling to the United States to make a deal, nearly a week after Trump's latest tariff announcement.

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