Korean trade minister ousted amid US tariff pressure

Yeo Han-koo, South Korea’s top trade negotiator who played a key role in major trade issues including last year’s tariff negotiations with the United States, was ousted Friday. President Lee Jae Myung dismissed Yeo, minister for trade at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, effective midnight Friday, according t

The EU already dialled back the scope of the environmental and human rights supply chain standards laws under pressure from businesses, but the US said that did not go far enough.

Washington’s ambassador to the EU, Andrew Puzder, called on the bloc Friday to “align” the provisions of two landmark new laws on environmental and human rights supply chain standards with the EU-U.S. trade deal struck last year.

US President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen talk after reaching a trade deal at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland Sunday, Jul 27, 2025. (Photo: AP/Jacquelyn Martin 15 Aug 2026 12:17AM BRUSSELS: The United States urged the European Union on Friday (Aug 14) to eas

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