How disruptive would new tariffs be, both for South Korea and Japan and the US? | DW News

Donald Trump has announced that, beginning on 1 August, goods from Japan and South Korea will be subject to tariffs of 25 per cent, three weeks after the White House's original deadline for a trade deal. He also described the US trade deficit with these countries as a “major threat'' to the US economy and its ''National Security”.

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0:00 Trump slaps 25% tariffs on South Korea and Japan

0:40 Ken Moriyasu, Nikkei Asia

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