Foreign Minister Cho Hyun meets with US Secretary of State; tariffs among topics expected to be discussed
Summary
- South Korea’s Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said he has begun talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
- He said Cho is expected to ask US President Donald Trump to withdraw or suspend the tariff hike on South Korea.
- He said Cho also plans to discuss the swift implementation of the joint fact sheet produced from the outcome of the South Korea–US leaders’ summit.
South Korea’s Foreign Minister Cho Hyun began talks on the 3rd (local time) with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Cho met Rubio at 2 p.m. that afternoon at the US State Department headquarters in Washington, DC.
Ahead of the meeting, the two posed for photographs facing forward between the two countries’ flags, but walked into the meeting room without responding to reporters’ questions asking them to comment on “tariff negotiations.”
Cho, who arrived in the United States the same day, is expected to request in the talks that US President Donald Trump withdraw or suspend the recently announced tariff hike on South Korea.
They are also set to discuss the swift implementation of the joint fact sheet produced as a result of the leaders’ summit between South Korea and the United States.
Meanwhile, on the 4th Cho will also attend the “Critical Minerals Ministerial” hosted by the US State Department.
Kim Soo-young, Hankyung.com reporter swimmingk@hankyung.com
Korea Economic Daily
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