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President Donald Trump announced tariffs of 25 percent on goods from Japan and South Korea beginning on Aug. 1, as he moved to impose unilateral rates on countries that have not yet secured trade deals with his administration.
The two Asian nations were the first announcements in what the president promised would be a flurry of demand letters and trade deals announced on Monday.
Trump’s second-term rush to overhaul US trade policies has served as a steady source of uncertainty for markets,…
