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Tariffs on South Korea’s products threaten the ‘K-beauty’ boom in the US
In the United States and elsewhere, Korean cosmetics, or K-beauty for short, have dominated the trend. A craze for all-in-one ...
South Korea’s new tax proposals derail one of the world’s best performing stock markets of 2025.
Its 30% rally so far in 2025 places it firmly among the world’s leading performers and for American investors buying country ...
Hyundai, Kia Stocks Falls After Korean Automakers Lose Tariff Advantage
Shares in Hyundai and Kia, South Korea's leading automakers, sold off after the country struck a trade pact with the U.S. The ...
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S. Korea's finance minister pledges 'best' efforts in tariff talks with Lutnick
South Korea's Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol vowed Wednesday to do his "best" to reach a trade deal with the United States, ...
Extension of US-China tariff pause ‘likely’ – South Korea eager to get trade pact signed, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says
They’re talking right now, but the decision-maker, of course, is President Trump,” Lutnick said of the state of negotiations ...
Donald Trump reignites global trade war with sweeping tariff regime
Donald Trump hit dozens of US trading partners with tariffs while formalising recent deals with others, including the UK and EU, as he plunged the global economy into a new era of mercantile ...
Trump issues order imposing new global tariff rates effective Aug. 7
The executive order follows through on the president's recent trade agreements with some trading partners and his threats to slap punishing new duties on others.