US President Donald Trump on Monday announced 25 per cent tariffs on goods from South Korea and Japan, from August 1 onwards.
The letters posted on Truth Social are two out of a dozen letters that he had earlier said would be sent to a dozen nations on July 7.
Stating that America's trade relationship with the two nations was "far from Reciprocal", the letters also warned the South-east Asian nations that any attempts to retaliate against the US tariffs would lead to reciprocal retaliations from the US.
“If for any reason you decide to raise your Tariffs, then, whatever the number you choose to raise them by, will be added onto the 25 per cent that we charge,” Trump said, in the letters to Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung.
(This is a developing story.)
