Wakil Menteri Perdagangan Korea Selatan (Korsel) Park Jong-won mengajukan permintaan kepada Pemerintah Amerika Serikat (AS) untuk tidak memasukkan Negeri Ginseng tersebut dalam rencana tarif impor barunya.
Dilansir dari Korea JoongAng Daily pada Jumat (21/2/2025), Pemerintah Korsel beralasan kedua negara memiliki perjanjian perdagangan bebas yang telah berjalan selama lebih dari satu dekade.
Dilansir dari Korea JoongAng Daily pada Jumat (21/2/2025), Pemerintah Korsel beralasan kedua negara memiliki perjanjian perdagangan bebas yang telah berjalan selama lebih dari satu dekade.
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00:00Thank you for joining us.
00:07South Korean Trade Minister, Park Jong-won,
00:10asked the U.S. government
00:12not to include Ginseng in its new import tariff plan.
00:18The KORCEL government blamed the two countries
00:21for having free trade agreements that have been going on for more than a decade.
00:30South Korean Trade Minister, Park Jong-won,
00:33asked the U.S. government
00:35not to include Ginseng in its new import tariff plan.
00:40The KORCEL government blamed the two countries
00:42for having free trade agreements that have been going on for more than a decade.
00:47Park Jong-won asked the U.S. government
00:50when he met with the White House,
00:52the U.S. Department of Trade,
00:54and the U.S. Trade Representative Office
00:56during his visit to Washington this week.
01:00Park said that most of the trade surplus
01:03between the two countries has been eliminated.
01:05Based on the free trade agreements between the two countries,
01:08the average KORCEL tariff for U.S. imports
01:10only reached 0.79% in 2024.
01:14The figure will fall further this year
01:16in line with the annual tariff reduction plan.
01:19Park also emphasized KORCEL's contribution
01:21to the U.S. economy,
01:22including large investments by KORCEL in the U.S.
01:28These things are the reason for excluding Ginseng
01:31from the U.S. tariff system,
01:33including the import tax of tin and aluminum.
01:35The U.S. has issued a series of new tariff plans
01:38at the beginning of this year.
01:40In addition to tin and aluminum,
01:41the U.S. also wants to impose import taxes
01:44on cars, semiconductor chips, and drugs.
01:47In addition, the White House is also preparing
01:49tariff policies for FROCAL or Timbal Bali,
01:52various sources of IDX Channel.