U.S. Considering Allowing South Korea Out of Trump Tariffs After Setting Up Kim Jong Un Meeting

[DonViejo]

Source: Mediate



by Lawrence Bonk | 12:05 pm, March 9th, 2018

One of the biggest questions surrounding President Donald Trump’s recent announcement that he would meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un by May is, well, what are the South Koreans getting out of it? It seems like they have been instrumental in lessening tensions between the United States and North Korea — first with North Korea’s Winter Olympics invite and then with National Security Office Head Chung Eui-yong proffering the meet and greet with Jong Un.

Now we may know, though details remain amorphous at best.

According to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, South Korea has asked for an exemption on the president’s announced steel tariffs.

Link to tweet

Collins also noted that Defense Secretary James Mattis has stated that the administration “will proactively consider” the request from South Korea.


Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/online/u-s-considering-allowing-south-korea-out-of-trump-tariffs-after-setting-up-kim-jong-un-meeting/

[Loki Liesmith]

1. Lol. Purely transactional policy.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Hence, the public asskissing at the SK press conference

Yuck, that was Trump humping was truly embarrassing.

[Dawson Leery]

3. Mafia style tactics.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Protection Racket

by any other name

[Sophia4]

5. If South Korea is not included in the tariffs, then there is no point in the tariffs.

So we have Mexico, Canada and possibly South Korea unaffected by the tariffs.

Those are major countries from which we import things. What is the point of the tariffs if those countries are excluded?