SEOUL, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- South Korea will dispatch a delegation of senior trade and industry officials to Washington after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a sharp increase in tariffs on Korean goods, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources said Tuesday.
Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo and Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan will travel to the United States to meet their counterparts for talks on the tariff hike, the ministry said in a press release.
The decision was made at an emergency interagency meeting chaired by presidential chief of staff for policy Kim Yong-beom, convened hours after Trump's surprise announcement on social media.
Trump said he was raising his so-called "reciprocal" tariffs on South Korea from 15% to 25%, accusing Seoul's National Assembly of failing to act quickly enough to implement a bilateral trade deal finalized late last year.
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