{"id":2069,"date":"2026-01-27T05:58:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T05:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/?p=2069"},"modified":"2026-01-27T05:58:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T05:58:04","slug":"trump-raises-u-s-tariffs-on-south-korea-to-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/2026\/01\/27\/trump-raises-u-s-tariffs-on-south-korea-to-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Raises U.S. Tariffs on South Korea to 25%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump has announced an increase in tariffs on South Korean imports from 15% to 25%, accusing Seoul of not swiftly implementing a trade agreement reached last October. The higher duties apply to automobiles, lumber, pharmaceuticals, and other goods under reciprocal tariff arrangements.<\/p><p>South Korea stated it has not received official notification and seeks urgent talks with Washington. The deal, still under review in South Korea\u2019s National Assembly, includes a $350 billion investment pledge from Seoul into the U.S. This move is part of Trump\u2019s broader use of tariffs as a foreign policy tool, following recent threats against Canada and other allies over trade and geopolitical issues.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump has announced an increase in tariffs on South Korean imports from 15% to 25%, accusing Seoul of not swiftly implementing a trade agreement reached last October. The higher duties apply to automobiles, lumber, pharmaceuticals, and other goods under reciprocal tariff arrangements. South Korea stated it has not received official notification and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2069","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-international-en"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2071,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069\/revisions\/2071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}