The agreement comes after other American allies, like Japan, clinched their own deals, partly to moderate President Trump’s tariff threats.

A fresh trade deal between Washington and Tokyo, with Japan pledging investments in the US and opening up its long-protected agricultural sector in exchange for lower tariffs, underscores how even long-standing US allies are not shielded from President Donald Trump's "America first" push to reshape the global trade paradigm,

The South Korean ministers tasked with negotiating a last-ditch trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump said that to prepare they role-played and solicited tips for engaging with the unpredictable leader.