section_path: Trade conflicts by country/Asia/South Korea
section_name: South Korea
paragraph_text: South Korea
  
  On April 2, 2025, Trump imposed reciprocal tariffs of 25% on South Korea. With this, the South Korean government announced emergency support for its auto industry. On April 8, 2025, South Korea's acting president, Han Duck-soo called for negotiation rather than retaliation. Trump said that he discussed the tariffs with Han in a phone call and South Korea's finance minister will be meeting with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer for negotiations. On April 3, Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul met with Marco Rubio and expressed deep concern over the reciprocal tariff measures and asked him to take into account South Korea's investment performance in the United States.
  
  On April 16, 2025, Vietnam's foreign ministry said that South Korea and Vietnam are seeking to raise bilateral trade to $150 billion by 2030, in a "more balanced and sustainable manner", as they swear co-operation following Trump's tariffs, regardless of "Trump's walk back".
  
  On May 1, 2025, South Korean Industry Ministry officials announced they had traveled to Washington on May 7 for "technical discussions" with U.S. Trade Representative, after Trump called "trade talks" with South Korea a first-order priority.