Karoline Leavitt Reveals New Details About Trade Deal With South Korea

During a press briefing on Thursday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt answered a question about tariffs against South Korea.

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00:00Ms. In the back, last.

00:01Ms. Thank you very much.

00:03I have a talk to ask about the U.S.

00:06Ms. Amanda, you can go up.

00:07Ms. U.S. and South Korea tariff negotiations.

00:10At the tariff negotiations between South Korea and the United States,

00:15concluded yesterday, President Trump stated on his SNS,

00:21truth social, that he would announce the specific details of the investment

00:28in the United States at the South Korea-United States Summit in two weeks.

00:35My question is, is this tariff negotiation a final agreement,

00:40or is further negotiation necessary?

00:44Ms. Well, yes, as you know, the President met with representatives

00:48of the Republic of South Korea here at the White House yesterday,

00:51and they did, in fact, reach a deal.

00:53And South Korea will pay a 15 percent tariff rate,

00:56including 15 percent on autos while providing historic market access

01:00to American goods like autos and rice.

01:03Korea will purchase $100 billion in American energy by 2028.

01:07And the centerpiece of this deal is that South Korea has agreed to invest

01:11$350 billion at the President's direction to revitalize American industry.

01:16Ninety percent of those profits will go to the United States government

01:20to help pay down our debt and for other matters at the President's choosing.

01:23So it was a very successful meeting yesterday.

01:26Do you have any set up further U.S.-South Korea summit?

01:30Ms. I'll get you something on that.

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